Industry Overview

摘要

This Business Ratio report focuses on the leading 98 companies operating in the forging industry. At the time of publication two companies had not filed accounts in the 04/05 period and have consequently been omitted from the Report's totals and averages. A further 20 companies have filed accounts subsequent to the cut-off date and these are presented in the 05/06 Recently Filed Accounts column of the Performance League Tables and relevant Company Profiles, but are not used in any of the analysis. The report analyses company and industry performance over the three years up to 7~(th) February 2005. During this period, the average company has seen a 21 percent increase in sales, from 17.9 million pounds in 2002/03 to 21.7 million pounds in 2004/05. Pre-tax profits rose at the higher rate of 49.9 percent, from 892,000 pounds in the first year of analysis to pounds 1.3 million in the final year. The number of employees at the average company increased by two to stand at 187.