Financial year 2012/2013: Forecast met – clearly positive operating result excluding special items

Group sales after 12 months were around 5 percent up on the previous year’s figure (EUR 2.596 billion) at EUR 2.735 billion. Sales of new equipment did not quite meet expectations, because drupa did not result in a lasting revitalization of the market as had been hoped. Growth was also less dynamic in certain countries such as Brazil. The services and consumables areas progressed entirely according to plan. Sales in China exceeded the previous year’s value and accounted for around 16 percent of total sales, making it the company’s largest single market.