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BusinessMay 23

F&P Healthcare profit grows 26%

Record revenue and after-tax profits have been reported by Fisher and Paykel Healthcare, which is surging ahead after an almost 20% boost to its research and development spending.

BusinessJune 11

Top award has F&P cooking

World-class work from Fisher & Paykel Appliances designers in Dunedin has won a global award and the winning product, a built-in oven, is one of 70 products being launched today by the company.

DunedinMay 20

F&P expansion means more jobs

Fisher and Paykel Appliances has committed to taking on more staff in its Dunedin product design centre as part of an expansion plan being driven by Chinese owner Haier, the world's largest appliance manufacturer.

BusinessNovember 22

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare reports good half-year

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (FPH) has outperformed its half-year financial expectations and upgraded its full-year profit guidance to about $70 million, a rise of between $3 million and $4 million.

BusinessOctober 18

F&P Appliances in Chinese control

Control of one of New Zealand's most well-known manufacturing companies, Fisher & Paykel Appliances, has passed into the control of Chinese-based Haier.

BusinessOctober 8

Haier needs to offer more for F&P: broker

Haier Group must increase its offer for Fisher and Paykel Appliances shares if it wants shareholders to accept, Forsyth Barr broker Haley Van Leeuwen said yesterday.

BusinessOctober 4

Takeover bid heating up

Fisher and Paykel Appliances shareholders have a tough decision to make over what to do with their shares as the Chinese Haier Group takeover heats up.

BusinessOctober 3

F&P directors recommend Haier offer rejection

Fisher & Paykel Appliances' independent directors have unanimously recommended that shareholders do not accept Haier's $1.20 a share takeover offer.

BusinessOctober 1

Little value seen in an F&P shareholder forum

The benefits would be limited if a meeting of Fisher and Paykel Appliance shareholders was held to discuss the Haier Group full takeover bid of the whiteware manufacturer, Craigs Investment Partners broker Chris Timms said yesterday.

BusinessSeptember 24

FPA advises offer caution

Fisher and Paykel Appliances shareholders are again being urged by company chairman Keith Turner to wait until they have all information available before deciding on whether or not to accept a takeover offer from Chinese company Haier.

BusinessSeptember 18

Haier offer expected to tempt some F&P shareholders

Fisher and Paykel Appliances shareholders could be ready to sell their stake after years of no dividends and a low share price.

BusinessSeptember 12

Sit tight, FPA board tells shareholders

The Fisher and Paykel Appliances board is recommending shareholders take no action on the Haier Group takeover offer until an independent report is undertaken.

BusinessSeptember 10

Haier eyes F&P IP and technology

The innovative and market leading intellectual property and technology owned by Fisher and Paykel Appliances will be in the sights of Haier as it contemplates a takeover bid, Craigs Investment Partners broker Greg Easton says.

DunedinSeptember 10

Fears for Dunedin jobs as Haier eyes F&P

JOBS for the highly skilled in Dunedin could again be at risk of disappearing as Chinese company Haier contemplates a takeover of Fisher and Paykel Appliances (FPA) which has designers, call centre and support staff in the city.

Food & WineMay 29

Food part of the culture

In most office tearooms, microwaved food or sandwiches is as good as it gets, but as Charmian Smith reports, Fisher and Paykel staff take food more seriously.

BusinessMay 24

F&P Healthcare report today

Fisher and Paykel Healthcare reports this morning, with analysts preparing to crunch the numbers around the company's foreign exchange hedging policy.

BusinessMay 23

Fisher and Paykel profits slump

Fisher and Paykel Appliances Holdings said its net profit slumped by 45 percent to $18.4 million for the year to March, partly due to one-off charges.

BusinessFebruary 3

F and P Appliances lifts 20% in big trading burst

Shares in Fisher and Paykel Appliances have gained about 20% in value during the past three trading days with more than 4.4 million shares changing hands.

BusinessMay 27

Appliances shares soar on result

Fisher & Paykel Appliances shares soared in value on news yesterday the company had beaten its own profit forecasts and those provided earlier by analysts.

DunedinJanuary 7

F&P's city staff numbers set to rise to 180

Whiteware manufacturer Fisher and Paykel Appliances hopes to increase its Dunedin workforce to about 180 people by the middle of next year as it expands its production design and call centre staffing levels.

BusinessNovember 26

Trend continues for Fisher and Paykel

The recent trend of business for Fisher and Paykel Appliances continued in the six months ending September with appliances worse than expected, partially offset by the finance business.

BusinessMay 28

F&P Appliances posts full-year loss of $83m

Fisher and Paykel Appliances has posted a full-year after-tax loss of $83.3 million, having been hit by asset impairments of more than $100 million.

BusinessMay 20

F&P Finance joins extended Crown guarantee scheme

Fisher and Paykel Appliances' finance company has joined four other institutions approved for the Crown's extended retail deposit guarantee scheme. All of them will be covered until the end of next year.

BusinessMay 10

F&P Appliances writes down $26.5m

An impairment write-down of $26.5 million by Fisher and Paykel Appliances announced yesterday is not expected to affect the full-year profit-line when the company reports at the end of the month.

BusinessApril 2

City needs numbers, say experts

The closure of Fisher and Paykel Appliances' Mosgiel plant and loss of 430 jobs in early 2008 prompted a reduction in Dunedin's gross domestic product for 2009, and the city remains dogged by low population growth.