Press Releases

02 March 2010

Avon Rubber p.l.c. has published its Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 30 September 2009.
01 February 2010

In a trading period shortened by holiday shutdowns, the Group has improved its trading performance over the comparative period last year in line with management expectations.
21 January 2010

Peter Slabbert, Chief Executive commented: “The 2009 results demonstrate that we can deliver in our chosen markets. Our strong order book, dominant market positions in defence respiratory protection and dairy liners, supported by technologically superior products, growing brand strength and high competitive entry barriers, should enable us to continue to improve profit margins. We are increasing investment in product development and routes to market to aid our business growth.”
26 November 2009

Peter Slabbert, Chief Executive commented: “The nomination in these two categories is something that everyone at Avon should be hugely proud of. The efforts of all our people have been fundamental to our achievements in 2009 and will remain so in the future.”
26 November 2009

Avon Impact Management (AIM), a part of Avon Rubber p.l.c., is launching its very own eBay shop at http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/Avon-Impact-Management, due to popular demand
17 November 2009

Avon has received a new 5 year contract award from the US Department of Defense (DoD) for the M53 Protective Mask.
15 September 2009

Avon has continued to make good progress since the half year.
06 August 2009

“Our order book is growing across the world” - Avon announced their interim results on May 21st 2009.
21 May 2009

Avon announces the placement of a further contract by the UK MoD and in addition the Company is proposing to outsource the manufacture of all dairy products in the UK
01 April 2009

A second award has been received for the M50 JSGPM mask series. The combined value of these awards is $34.4m which is in line with management expectations.
05 February 2009

The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held at Melksham House, Melksham, Wiltshire on 21 January 2009 at 10.30 a.m.
21 January 2009

Avon Rubber p.l.c. issues this interim management statement for the period since 1 October 2008, ahead of its Annual General Meeting to be held at 10.30 a.m. today, 21 January 2009.
21 January 2009

Peter Slabbert, Chief Executive commented: “Our Dairy business remains successful, while the 10 year US Government M50 respirator programme, awarded in 2008, will provide strong and consistent future sales volumes contributing to a return to profitability in our Protection & Defence business. In the current difficult credit markets the agreement of facilities with our bankers to 30 June 2010 gives the Group a stable platform from which to capitalise on the opportunities available to it in its chosen markets.”
27 November 2008

In January we announced that we were commencing the closure of our UK mixing facility, a process which we were pursuing at the time of the announcement of the interim results in May. We are now pleased to announce that the Group has completed the sale of certain of its mixing facility assets to ATR Compounding Limited for a consideration of £2.05 million, payable in cash. The proceeds will be used to reduce current borrowings.
10 November 2008

The Board is issuing this update following the Company’s 30 September 2008 financial year-end.
23 October 2008

Avon is pleased to announce that it has won, through its US based subsidiary Avon Engineered Fabrications, Inc. based in Mississippi, a five year contract for the supply of 210,000 gallon fuel storage tanks to Applied Geo Technologies Inc. for onward supply to the US Army.
28 August 2008

In the interim results announced on 28 May 2008, the Company stated that the award of the multiyear respirator contract by the US Department of Defense (DoD) and the expectation of securing long-term contracts for the Engineered Fabrications business, should underpin the Group’s return to profitability in the short-term. It was further explained that difficulties had been experienced in the production of filters for the M50 respirator, which had led to delays and cost overruns.
08 August 2008

Gammadot Rheology and ARTIS, (the commercialised research arm of Avon Rubber p.l.c), are investigating potential projects & services the two companies can co-operatively offer to the polymer industry. Martyn Bennett, ARTIS’ Chief Scientist, commented, "a partner with complimentary rheological skills in the thermoplastics sector will allow us to expand the services we can offer to our clients and we are looking forward to working with Gammadot".
07 July 2008

Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc (“Symphony”), the degradable plastics and wasteto-energy Group, announces that it’s wholly owned subsidiary, Symphony Energy Ltd (the“Company”) has now been officially advised by the Technology Strategy Board that the Company and its consortium partners have been offered a £1.19m grant for collaborative research and development in the area of High Value Manufacturing, for the consortium’s Rubber Product Enhanced Recovery Technology project (“RμPERT”).
01 July 2008

Members of the Wessex Association and Westbury Chamber of Commerce recently had the opportunity to have a look around ARTIS, which is an advanced laboratory supporting the innovation, developmentand testing needs of the European Polymer Industry.
25 June 2008

Avon Rubber p.l.c. is pleased to announce the appointment to the Board of Andrew Lewis as Group Finance Director with effect from 8 September 2008.
23 June 2008

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea ‐ Osan Airmen began receiving their new M‐50 protective masks during a mass re‐issue process June 9, replacing the MCU 2 protective mask.
09 June 2008

The Company confirms that it has received the multi-year contract valued at US$112million for supply of the M50 military respirator to the US Government.
19 May 2008

In our AGM statement we noted that growth in our Protection and Defence business had been slower than we anticipated and that the Company was expecting confirmation of the multi-year contract for the new M50 US military respirator in the very near future. The regulatory and administrative processes undertake by the US Government for contracts of this value and duration have taken much longer than previously projected.
21 April 2008

CADILLAC, Mich., April 21, 2008 – Specialist and tactical responders can now take advantage of Avon Protection Systems, Inc.’s new C420 powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) system. The C420 blower unit used with the company’s most advanced face masks recently received National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) approval.
21 April 2008

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., April 8, 2008 – To help firefighters learn more about its latest products and technologies, Avon Rubber’s Avon-ISI has launched the firefighter-focused Avon Fire web site at www.avon-fire.com.
09 April 2008

Commenting on the results, Peter Slabbert, Chief Executive said: “The award of the $112 million, multi-year contract by the US Government should underpin the Group’s return to profitability in the short term and secure a long-term and growing revenue stream for our Protection business. Our immediate priority is on increasing our profits through manufacturing efficiencies and cost reductions and converting significant opportunities for sales of our market leading range of respiratory protection products around the world.
31 March 2008

On 8 February 2008, the Board of Avon Rubber p.l.c announced that it had exchanged contracts for the sale of its Aerosol Gasket business to Crosslinks Limited, based in South Wales and Corsham, Wiltshire, for a consideration of £1.75 million payable in cash on completion of the sale.
04 March 2008

Local MPs Michael Ancram and Andrew Murrison slammed the Home Office and the Police in a House of Commons debate over failure to honour the Office of Government Contracting's Emergency Hood Contract with Avon Rubber at Melksham.
27 February 2008

The Board of Avon Rubber p.l.c. today announces that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of its Aerosol Gasket business to Crosslinks Limited, based in South Wales and Corsham, Wiltshire, for a consideration of £1.75 million payable in cash on completion of the sale.
01 February 2008

At the Annual General Meeting to be held today the Chairman, The Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Needham, will make the following statement to shareholders: “At the time of our preliminary statement at the end of November 2007, we said that the Group had reached a number of significant milestones. We had announced that the full rate production decision had been made on our new military respirator and that we had received NFPA certification for our new self-contained breathing apparatus product, manufactured at ISI in Georgia.
23 January 2008

Commenting on the results, Terry Stead, Chief Executive said: “Since the interimannouncement, the Group has reached a number of significant milestones. The second half of 2007 has shown improvement over the first half. With the approval of the new product at Avon-ISI and once the full rate production starts at our Cadillac facility, we expect this to continue. The Board is confident that this, together with continued investment in new product development, will lead to a period of sustainable and profitable growth for the Group.”
29 November 2007

Avon is delighted to announce the launch of ARTIS, an acronym for Avon Rubber Technology Innovation and Science to the commercial market. ARTIS is an advanced laboratory in Westbury, Wiltshire, England dedicated to material testing, research and development, training, legislative support including expert witness capability. ARTIS will offer cost effective expertise in all of these specialist areas.
19 November 2007

In the light of the forthcoming requirements which will increase the frequency of market reporting and the significant changes in the Group recently, the Company is issuing this update in respect of the half year ending on 31 March 2007.
02 April 2007