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Profits at Graham Group, the building products group, tumbled from pounds 19.3m to pounds 10.66m in 1996. However, the company said: "As we enter 1997, our markets have emerged positively from the steep decline in 1996 and we expect these early trends to lead to sustained growth." It added that the upturn in the housing market came too late to have "any significant impact on trading in 1996".
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