Region. Crane Group's annual results

Building and industrial products company, the Crane Group Limited, which has among its divisions the Crane Copper Tube manufacturing operation, at Penrith, Austral Wright Metals, at Wetherill Park, and numerous Tradelink retail outlets across Western Sydney, had a net profit after tax and before significant items, of $56.4 million, down 11.6 per cent on the previous year. Sales of $2118.3 million were down 9.9 per cent. Tradelink is reconfiguring and growing its Sydney branch network. The company closed Minto fittings plant