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Q1/2012: Merck Total Revenues Increase 3.2% to € 2.6 Billion
Merck Serono and Merck Millipore divisions drive sales growth
05-17-2012
“Merck delivered a reasonable operating performance in the face of a difficult year-over-year comparison,” said Karl-Ludwig Kley, Chairman of the Executive Board of Merck. “During the first quarter, we kicked off our efficiency program and announced the first planned initiatives as part of ...
Oxea reports 25% earnings increase compared to previous quarter
05-16-2012
Oxea announced a significant earnings increase for the first quarter of 2012 compared to the fourth quarter of 2011. Net sales of €372 million were up by 13% and Adjusted EBITDA amounted to €45million reflecting an increase of 25% from the fourth quarter of 2011. After a challenging fourth ...
Brenntag starts into the fiscal year 2012 with continued earnings growth
05-15-2012
Brenntag continued to grow earnings in the first quarter of 2012. Earnings development was supported by organic growth as well as through the contribution of acquisitions made in 2011, especially the Multisol group in Europe and the Zhong Yung group in China. Sales increased by 10.4% based on ...
Biesterfeld AG continues dynamic growth path
05-11-2012
The Biesterfeld Group, Hamburg, grows continuously across Europe and achieves thebest performance in its more than 100 year old history. In a very dynamic business environment in 2011 the Biesterfeld Group increased itssales by approx. 15% to 963 Mio. €, EBIT rose 6% over previous year to ...
GEA lifted by demand from food process technology
05-10-2012
GEA generated a 24.4 percent increase in its order intake to EUR 1,544.9 million in the first quarter of 2012. As in the previous quarters, this again represented a significant year-on-year increase. In line with this trend, consolidated revenue also rose by 21.7 percent year-on-year to EUR ...
Wacker’s Business Picks Up Noticeably in Q1 2012
05-08-2012
After last year’s weak fourth quarter, Wacker Chemie AG recorded higher volumes amid rising demand in the first quarter of 2012. The Munich-based chemical company’s sales and earnings both showed a marked improvement over Q4 2011. The very strong figures for the prior-year’s first quarter ...
Clariant delivers resilient performance
05-04-2012
Clariant announced first quarter sales of CHF 1.945 billion, compared to CHF 1.717 billion in the previous-year period. Sales grew 18% in local currencies and 13% in Swiss francs, mainly driven by the acquisition of Süd-Chemie. On a like-for-like basis, sales declined 2% in local currencies ...
Messer: Billion barrier broken for first time
05-03-2012
In fiscal year 2011 the privately managed industrial gas com-pany, Messer, was able to increase its sales by 13 per cent compared to the previous year to more than one billion euros. Industrial gas specialist Messer achieved worldwide sales of 1.029 billion euros in fiscal year 2011 and was ...
BASF with solid start to the year
04-30-2012
BASF had a solid start to 2012. Sales were higher than in the very good first quarter of the previous year and rose 6% to €20.6 billion. Income from operations (EBIT) before special items decreased as expected and, at €2.5 billion (down 7%), was slightly below the same quarter of the previous ...
Encouraging start to the year for Bayer
04-27-2012
The Bayer Group saw a successful start to 2012. “All the subgroups contributed to the encouraging increase in sales, particularly CropScience, which experienced a strong start to the season,” Management Board Chairman Dr. Marijn Dekkers explained on Thursday when the first-quarter interim ...
