Growth and clear profitability improvements in the fourth quarter Company targets further profitable growth on a comparable basis in 2014 Gross savings from Osram Push now expected at €1.2 billion Osram has fully achieved and ...
Bjorn Borg AB announces results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2013 and for nine months period beginning January to September 2013. JULY 1 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 - The Group’s net sales decreased by 4 percent to ...
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The Audi Group delivered 1,180,748 (2012: 1,097,507) cars with the four rings in the first three quarters of 2013. As a result, the Ingolstadt-based company generated sales revenues of €36,965 (2012: €37,667) million and an ...
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Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of the current year, reporting a net loss of SEK 520 million ($79.7 million) for the third quarter, compared to a net ...
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Royal DSM, the Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, reported a third quarter EBITDA of €342 million compared to €270 million in Q3 2012. This improvement of 27% was realized despite an ongoing challenging macro-economic ...
The Volkswagen Group reported a solid performance in the first nine months of fiscal year 2013, despite the ongoing difficult market environment. Including China, Group deliveries increased by 4.8 percent to 7.2 million vehicles worldwide. ...
The HUGO BOSS Group increased sales and earnings in the first nine months of 2013. All regions contributed to the currency-adjusted sales improvement. The Group’s own retail activities posted significant double-digit growth and more ...
BASF raised sales in the third quarter of 2013 by 1.5% to around €17.7 billion despite significantly negative currency effects. This growth was mainly the result of increased volumes, particularly in the Oil & Gas segment. Income from ...
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BASF SE, the world's largest chemical company by sales, reported a sharp increase in profits in the third quarter on Friday, but warned that exchange-rate fluctuations will dent earnings growth in the fourth quarter. The Ludwigshafen, ...
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Akzo Nobel N.V. reported third quarter revenues of €3,778 million, 5 percent lower compared with the same period last year. The decrease was a consequence of adverse currency effects and divestments. Lower restructuring costs and ...
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The British kitchen-furniture manufacturer and dealer Howden Joinery Group (Howdens) showed year-on-year growth in turnover of 7.2% to £390.8m in the first half of 2013. The increase resulted primarily from the operations of Howden ...
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Despite the continued challenging market environment, Henkel delivered a strong second quarter, according to the company. "We significantly increased both sales and earnings with all our three business sectors contributing. Our adjusted ...
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Facing a slight downturn in the overall market, Medical technology provider Carl Zeiss Meditec AG raised its revenue by 2.9 percent to EUR 649 million (previous year: EUR 630.8 million) in the first nine months of financial year 2011/2012. ...
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At ? 100.0 million, sales revenues for the second quarter of 2013 were exactly the same as for the first quarter. Compared to the same quarter of the previous year, this represents a decline of 9.4 percent. Year to date, sales revenues in ...
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Osram achieved a good performance in a challenging macroeconomic environment in the third quarter of fiscal 2013. Revenue rose 2% year over year on a comparable basis – excluding portfolio and currency effects – to almost ...