23/06/2022
Ontex climate action targets approved by SBTI
Ontex commits to achieving carbon-neutral operations by 2030. The company will reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030. Ontex aims to achieve these goals through energy savings, on-site renewable energy production, purchasing energy from renewable sources, and carbon offsets via reforestation projects. Ontex also wants to cut the emissions of its global supply chain by 25% by 2030.
30/05/2022
Ontex supports Woosh to make diaper recycling a reality in Belgium
Ontex supports Woosh, a Belgian startup that aims to make diaper recycling a reality in Ontex’ home country. Woosh now delivers recyclable, disposable diapers and collects used diapers from more than 200 day care centres in Belgium with more than 5,200 children. Together with waste companies Woosh aims to set up the first diaper recycling facility in Belgium.
23/05/2022
Ontex field study in Germany shows digitalization of incontinence care counteracts staff shortages in nursing homes
Ontex has developed a smart continence management service to care homes and hospitals in Europe under the brand Orizon. When trialling Orizon on 10 residents at a German nursing home, the time caregivers spent on incontinence care reduced by a total of 3.2 hours a day.
12/05/2022
Ontex Q1 2022 results: Revenue turnaround and continued savings delivery offset by impact of raw material cost inflation
Ontex Group NV today announced its results for the first quarter of 2022.
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11/05/2022
Ontex confirms preliminary discussions with AIP regarding possible business combination with Attindas
Ontex Group NV notes the recent press speculation and confirms that it has engaged in preliminary discussions with American Industrial Partners (AIP) with respect to a possible transaction that may result in a business combination with AIP’s portfolio company Attindas.
05/05/2022
All resolutions approved at Ontex Group’s 2022 Shareholders’ Meeting
Ontex Group NV today held its annual general meeting of shareholders (AGM). Shareholders voted in favor of all proposed resolutions.
04/05/2022
Ontex donates 6,000 sanitary napkins to schools in Ghent, Belgium In the battle against rising menstrual poverty
Ontex is donating 6,000 sanitary napkins to 29 schools and boarding schools of the non-profit association SKOG in Ghent, Belgium to combat rising menstrual poverty.
08/04/2022
Ontex announces details for Q1 2022 results publication and publishes restated 2021 financial data
Ontex Group NV will release its Q1 2021 results at 07:00 CET / 06:00 GMT on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Management will host a webcast for investors and analysts on the same day at 14:00 CET / 13:00 GMT.
07/04/2022
Ontex Opens New Excellence Center for Global Process Engineering and Global Platform Innovation in Germany
Ontex announced the official opening of its Global Excellence Center (GEC) for Process Engineering and Global Platform Innovation. In the presence of Ontex CEO Esther Berrozpe, the center was officially opened in Mayen, Germany. Around 180 people will work at the site, as operators of development production lines, engineers and lab technicians.
04/04/2022
Ontex publishes integrated annual report 2021 and convenes annual shareholders’ meeting on May 5
Ontex Group NV (“Ontex”), a leading international provider of personal hygiene solutions, today published its 2021 integrated annual report and related documents, and convenes its annual shareholders’ meeting to be held at its seat in Aalst, Belgium, on May 5, 2022.
18/03/2022
Ontex donates 1 million hygiene products for refugees from Ukraine
Ontex has donated more than 1 million personal hygiene items for refugees from Ukraine during the past 2 weeks.
28/02/2022
Ontex: Transparency Declaration Notification
On November 10, 2021, CIAM detained 2,463,474 Ontex voting securities or voting rights, representing 2.99% of voting securities, and thereby crossed downward the threshold of 3%.
23/02/2022
Ontex FY 2021 results: Solid savings delivery, cash discipline and gradual sales turnaround offset by unprecedented input cost inflation
Ontex Group NV today announced its results for the year ending December 31, 2021.
17/02/2022
Ontex donates 50 laptops for quarantined schoolchildren
To help school children from disadvantaged families who cannot afford a computer to follow lessons from home, Ontex is donating 50 laptop computers. The end-of-lease devices have been decommissioned and will be donated to families in the area surrounding Ontex' headquarters in Aalst, Belgium, through local charity 4Dewereldgroep Aalst.
09/02/2022
Ontex announces details for the publication and webcast of its full year and Q4 2021 results
Ontex Group NV, a leading international provider of personal hygiene solutions, will release its full year and Q4 2021 results at 07:00 CET / 06:00 GMT on Wednesday, February 23, 2022.
27/01/2022
Ontex donates 142,000 baby diapers to Red Cross in Belgium
Since the start of the pandemic, Ontex has donated more than 5.3 million Ontex products to people in need. Given the urgent need for hygiene items for families in need in Belgium, especially in the Eastern region hit by catastrophic floods in the second half of 2021, Ontex Belgium is donating more than 142,000 baby diapers through the Red Cross.
13/01/2022
Ontex sets science-based targets for climate action
Ontex commits to achieving carbon-neutral operations by 2030. The company will reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030. Ontex aims to achieve these goals through energy savings, on-site renewable energy production, purchasing energy from renewable sources, and carbon offsets via reforestation projects. Ontex also wants to cut the emissions of its global supply chain by 25% by 2030.
16/12/2021
Ontex Santé France donates nearly half a million baby diapers to Red Cross
Since the start of the pandemic, Ontex has donated more than 5.1 million Ontex products to people in need. Faced with the urgent need for personal hygiene products for families in need in the North of France, Ontex has donated more than 469,000 baby diapers through the Red Cross.
The Red Cross in the North of France will be in charge of distributing the diapers to families in need.
15/12/2021
Investor Update
Ontex to focus on partner brands & healthcare in Europe and North America, marking a strategy shift towards the creation of a New Ontex.
02/12/2021
Ontex keeps innovating with baby diaper absorption technology Climaflex®
Ontex today presented its new technology Climaflex®. Climaflex is the next generation baby diaper core technology developed by Ontex engineers and Ontex’s R&D team in Germany. Climaflex ensures comfort, keeps the baby’s skin protected and ensures absorption even under the toughest conditions, with extensive baby motion.
28/10/2021
Ontex Q3 2021 trading update Stabilizing revenue: LFL in line with prior year and sequential growth Margin down: Severe impact of cost inflation and supply chain disruptions Executing strategic agenda: Growth priorities & structural cost savings
Ontex Group NV today announced its results for the nine months ending September 30, 2021.
19/10/2021
Ontex announces details for its Q3 2021 trading update and webcast
Ontex Group NV, a leading international provider of personal hygiene solutions, with expertise in baby care, feminine care and adult care, will release its Q3 2021 trading update evanat 7:00 am CET/6:00 am UK on Thursday, October 28, 2021.
14/10/2021
Ontex maintains efforts to keep personal hygiene products accessible to local community
Since the start of the pandemic, Ontex has donated more than 4.5 million Ontex products to people in need. Ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which is an international observance taking place each year on October 17th, Ontex today announces an additional donation of 7,500 face masks to charity organization Vierdedewereld groep Mensen voor Mensen.
04/10/2021
Ontex notes decision by Mexican Competition Authority on legacy industry practices and confirms no net financial cost for Ontex
Ontex Group NV noted today that COFECE, the Mexican antitrust authority, announced their decision on legacy practices in the personal hygiene industry. Their decision confirms that the facts investigated relate to the period February 2008 to June 2014, prior to Ontex’s acquisition of Mabe in 2016.
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04/10/2021
Ontex announces cash payment of €81 million received from arbitration settlement regarding the acquisition of its Brazilian business in 2017
Ontex Group NV announced today that Ontex has received 500 million Brazilian Reais (81 million euros) from Hypera S.A.
17/09/2021
Ontex Mayen to Cease Manufacturing and Become an Excellence Center for Global Process Engineering and Global Platform Innovation
Mayen, Germany, September 17, 2021. Ontex today announced that manufacturing at its plant in Mayen (Germany) will be gradually phased out by mid-2022. Mayen will become an excellence center for Global Process Engineering, Global Product Technology and Market Adaptation Baby Care, and thereby will be instrumental to bring innovations faster to our consumers.
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15/09/2021
Ontex announces R$500 million arbitration settlement regarding the acquisition of its Brazilian business in 2017
Ontex Group NV has entered into an agreement with Hypera S.A. settling certain claims relating to the acquisition of the Brazilian personal hygiene business of Hypera by Ontex. As part of the settlement, Ontex will receive 500 million Brazilian Reais (€81 million) from Hypera by October 1, 2021.