Building Products

This group manufacturers air handling components, bathtubs, showers, whirlpool baths, doors and windows and other building components through two business units:

Air Systems Components Group
Other Building Products

This group has 63 manufacturing facilities located in the United States, the United Kingdom and Asia, and employs 12,444 people.



Financial highlights for the year to 29 December 2007

Sales €786.4 million
Adjusted profit from operations (1) £53.2 million
Operating margin (1) 6.8%
EBITDA margin (2) 9.3%
Return on average net operating assets (3) 27.7%

Notes:
(1) Before restructuring initiatives
(2) EBITDA is stated before restructuring initiatives



2007 Sales by:



Air System Components 69%
Other Building Products 31%
North America 97%
Europe 2%
Rest of world 1%
Residential Construction 39%
Industrial & Commercial Construction 46%
Other 15%

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