Annual Report 1998

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Hygiene Products
GLOBAL EXPANSION
SCA is strengthening its positions in Europe and South America.
The financial uneasiness throughout the world
has created opportunities for acquisitions
with favorable long-term potential.
Key ratios 1998
Group
share % 1997
Net sales (SEK M) 26,164 43 24,018
Operating profit (SEK M) 2,404 37 2,567
Operating margin (%)
Operating cash
9 11
flow (SEK M)
Capital employed
2,407 35 2,722
excl. goodwill (SEK M) 11,625 25 11,317
Return (%)
Capital expenditures
(SEK M)
21 23
– strategic 1,617 72 352
– current 604 29 684
Average no. of employees 13,826 43 14,942
Production capacities shown on page 75.
Net No. of
Net sales and sales, SEK M employees
number of employees 1998 1997 31 Dec. 1998
Tissue
Consumer products
AFH products
7,683
4,472
6,949
4,125 } 6,741
Incontinence products 6,155
Baby diapers 3,801
Feminine hygiene products 2,760
5,679
3,595
2,910 }
2,219
3,618
Other 1,293 760 1,503
Total 26,164 24,018 14,081
Change
Deliveries, tons 1998 1997 %
Tissue
Consumer products 565,400 485,800 16
AFH products 251,900 228,200 10
PRODUCTION FACILITIES
Tissue
Production of tissue paper for consumer and institutional
applications in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great
Britain, the Netherlands, Philippines, Russia, Spain,
Sweden and US as well as joint-venture companies in
Colombia and Ecuador.
Incontinence products
Production of incontinence products for adults in Canada,
Finland, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden
and US, as well as joint-venture companies in Australia,
Colombia, Japan and Taiwan.
Baby diapers and feminine hygiene
products
Production of baby diapers and feminine hygiene products
(sanitary pads, panty liners and tampons) in Finland,
France, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Slovakia and Sweden, as well as joint-venture companies
in Australia, Colombia, Mexico, South Africa and Tunisia.