Personal Care unit dents Rexam

Global consumer packing company Rexam posted a three per cent like-for-like rise in sales during the first half of the year, pushed higher by a six per cent increase in the total number of beverage cans volumes.

Global consumer packing company Rexam posted a three per cent like-for-like rise in sales during the first half of the year, pushed higher by a six per cent increase in the total number of beverage cans volumes.

Revenue for the year came in at £2,165m, compared to £2,095m the same half the previous year, with underlying pre-tax profit at £207m (H1 2011: £204m) and underlying earnings per share up from 16.7p to 17.1p.

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