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Ludowici Ltd.

(LDW:Australian Stock Exchange - SEATS)

LAST A$2.35 AUD
CHANGE TODAY 0.00 0.00%
VOLUME 0.0
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Snapshot of Ludowici Ltd. (LDW)

OPEN
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PREVIOUS CLOSE
A$2.35
DAY HIGH
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DAY LOW
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52 WEEK HIGH
10/22/09 - A$2.44
52 WEEK LOW
06/18/09 - A$1.35
MARKET CAP
46.5M
AVERAGE VOLUME 3 mo
4.0K
DILUTED EPS TTM
A$0.37
SHARES OUTSTANDING
19.8M
LDW Does Not Pay Dividends
P/E TTM
6.3x
K = Thousands  M = Millions  B = Billions

LDW Details

Ludowici Limited designs, manufactures, and markets mineral processing equipment for the mineral processing industry. It also offers fluid seals for hydraulic and pneumatic systems, rubber products, and moulded fiber packaging products and equipment. The company’s wear products include wear linings/ceramics, screen media, hoses, and specialty products using polyurethane, ceramics, and rubber technologies; process equipment comprise centrifuges/dryers, cyclones, flotation/classification, fine grinding, condition monitoring, and materials handling products for minerals and industrial applications; and screens and feeders consist of vibrating screens and feeders. In addition, it offers seals components, such as o-rings, sealing solutions, wear rings, wipers, piston seals, rod seals; and rubber, bridge bearings, marine fenders, and plastics comprising engineered products/bridge bearings, extrusions, rubber mouldings, marine fender systems, potable water seals, engineered plastics and wear solutions products, such as skirting rubber, conveyor cleating, lifter bars, rubber modular screen panels, and rubber and polyurethane composites for the mining and quarry industries. Further, Ludowici provides products and systems for wastewater treatment, filtration, screening, washdown, spraying, and oil water separation; and designs and manufactures water control equipments, including penstocks, stopgates, wedge gates, flap gates, shear gates, stop logs, tilting weir gates, mud valves, operators/actuators, telescopic bellmouths, hydrostatic pressure relief valves, and knifegate valves for water treatment and water recycling plants, dams, irrigation, energy, and mining sectors. Additionally, it offers moulded fibre packaging products, including wine trays, mango and avocado inserts, and egg trays and cartons. Ludowici operates in Australia, New Zealand, the Americas, Africa, and Asia. The company was founded in 1858 and is headquartered in Pinkenba, Australia.

586 Employees
Founded in 1858

LDW Top Compensated Officers

Chief Executive, Managing Director, Director ...
Age: 52
Total Annual Compensation: A$443.1K
Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
Total Annual Compensation: A$203.2K
General Manager of Operations
Total Annual Compensation: A$164.4K
General Manager of Australian Sales & South E...
Total Annual Compensation: A$192.9K
General Manager of Engineered Consumable Prod...
Total Annual Compensation: A$183.8K
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2008.

Key developments for Ludowici Ltd. (LDW)

Ludowici Ltd. Appoints Guy Cowan as Independent Non-Executive Director

Ludowici Ltd. announced it has appointed Guy Cowan to its board as an independent non-executive director. Mr. Cowan spent 24 years working for energy group Shell in international finance and strategy roles, most recently as Chief Financial Officer of Shell Petroleum Inc. and Shell Oil Company in the United States, of which he was also a director. Mr. Cowan has recently retired from Fonterra, at which he had been Chief Financial Officer since 2005. Mr. Cowan is an independent non-executive director of UGL Limited, Queensland Sugar Limited and Soprole S.A.I.C. (Chile). Mr. Cowan will also join Ludowici's Audit Committee as Chairman.

Ludowici Ltd. Reports Earnings Results for the Half Year Ended June 30, 2009

Ludowici Ltd. reported earnings results for the half year ended June 30, 2009. The company reported EBIT of $3.4 million, pretax profit of $2.2 million, profit after tax of $1.9 million, return on equity of 3.9% and 15.5 cents earnings per share against EBIT of $1.9 million, pretax profit of $1.0 million, profit after tax of $0.7 million, return on equity of 1.1% and 6.1 cents earnings per share for the same period a year ago.

Ludowici Ltd. Reports Earnings Results for the Half Year to June 30 2009 ; Declares Interim Dividend Payable on September 25, 2009

Ludowici Ltd. reported earnings results for the half year to June 30 2009. The company reported net profit of $715,000 for the half year to June 30 2009, down 38.1% from the prior corresponding half. Revenue was up 10.5% to $75.09 million. An interim dividend of 6 cents, unfranked will be paid on September 25, 2009 with record date September 15, 2009.

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LDW transactions

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Merger/Acquisition
June 30, 2009
Ludowici Ltd., Packaging Business
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