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Porvair - Coal gasification taking off

April 2006

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  • Epic Code:
  • PRV
  • Price:
  • 166p
There are many companies with environmental technologies on the market and virtually all have enjoyed high flying share prices recently. Most are at the pre-revenue stage but in the case of Porvair (PRV; 166p), it has two distinct types of businesses. It has historical businesses of microfiltration and metals filtration which are profitable solid cash generators and it also has exciting new technologies in development such as products for coal gasification for power stations, products to reduce diesel emissions and filtration products for the fuel cell industry. Investment in the new areas is penalising short-run earnings and last year, for example, without the £1.6m investment written off as incurred, Porvair would have r ...

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