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Convergence Ethanol Announces Profit Improvement Initiative
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2007 Convergence Ethanol has announced a profit improvement initiative that will help improve financial performance, efficiency and productivity, as well as to realign the company's professional skills with its profit opportunities. Its points include: administrative workforce reduction, phase out of low-margin products, tighter control of travel costs and a decrease in external costs across the company. The initiative is targeted to deliver over $1.2 million in future annualized savings, for a one-time $0.2 million related pre-tax charge. Based on current business activity, the company expects an overall annualized profit increase of more than $2 million when these savings are combined with the company's strong sales growth. "We are committed to increasing our rate of return on invested capital and to delivering stronger bottom-line performance," said Dr. James A. Latty, president and chief executive officer, Convergence Ethanol. "Senior management is focused on ensuring that our cost structure is both competitive and in alignment with our strategic market opportunities, such as developing our woodwaste-to-ethanol refinery in Ontario, Canada." All workforce reductions were made in non-revenue-generating areas, with the greatest number in corporate headquarters' administrative jobs and non-legal outside consulting. The company has not reduced sales, marketing, engineering, manufacturing, finance or audit capabilities. Latty explained, "We plan to have a greater percentage of the company developing and selling Convergence Ethanol projects, products and services. Our customers and partners will continue to receive world-class products and support." Richard W. York, chief financial officer, added, "These measures will improve business unit performance and optimize our investments in project development, manufacturing, sales and marketing." California-based Convergence Ethanol is a biorenewable energy project developer and an ISO 9001:2000-certified provider of engineered products and systems to the energy industry. The company's mission is to support the energy industry's production of cleaner burning fuels. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Convergence Ethanol Civil Nuclear Energy Science, Technology and News Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com Our Polluted World and Cleaning It Up China News From SinoDaily.com Global Trade News The Economy All About Solar Energy at SolarDaily.com Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
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Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Jan 19, 2007The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources, and the Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, today announced the ecoEnergy Technology Initiative--a $230-million investment in the research, development and demonstration of clean-energy technologies. |
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