Overview
- Organic sales growth (+5.7 %) driven by all business sectors
- EBITDA pre declines organically (-2.0%), adversely impacted by the absence of one-time effects
- Business in Asia drives Group organic growth
- Group confirms organic forecast for sales and earnings and expects a more favorable exchange rate development
Our focus on innovation-driven businesses is paying off. We achieved organic sales growth in all three of our business sectors. Regionally, Asia is a particularly strong growth market. For the full year, we continue to assume that the Group will achieve growth for its key figures: sales, EBITDA pre and EPS pre.”
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Quarterly Statement
Net sales of the Group rose by 7.5% to € 3.7 billion in the first quarter (Q1 2018: € 3.5 billion).
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