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Following a positive first half of 2024, the third quarter also went well for Krones. The company remained on a profitable growth path and, after the first nine months, confirms the group's financial targets for the full year 2024. The strong revenue growth continued from July to September 2024. At more than €1.3 billion, revenue increased by more than 13 per cent compared to the previous year. Production efficiency also improved due to the good availability of materials. In the prior year...
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Dr. Markus Kamieth, Vorsitzender des Vorstands
In the third quarter, the EBITDA before special items for the BASF Group rose by €77 million to €1.6 billion due to significantly higher contributions from the core businesses Chemicals, Materials (high-performance plastics), Industrial Solutions and Nutrition & Care. “The positive earnings momentum in our core businesses was already visible in the first half of 2024 and continued in the third quarter, driven by higher volumes and margins,” said Dr. Markus Kamieth, Chairman of the Board of...
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Dr. Thomas Schinecker, CEO Roche Group
Roche increased its sales by two percent to almost CHF 45 billion in the first nine months of 2024. Adjusted for currency effects, the pharmaceutical company achieved sales growth of six percent from January to September. Strong demand for modern medicines and diagnostics more than offset the expected decline in Covid-19 sales and the effects of erosion by biosimilars/generics. These include solutions for immunodiagnostics, pathology and molecular diagnostics. The appreciation of the Swiss franc...
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    Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire Altair Engineering, a provider of industrial simulation and analysis software. The acquisition is to be carried out by purchasing Altair shares. Siemens will spend around ten billion dollars on the deal. The purchase is intended to strengthen the company's position as a leading technology company and its leading role in the field of industrial software.
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    After three eventful trade fair days and inspiring conferences and forums, Europe's largest trade fair association for the energy industry once again set a new record: 3,008 exhibitors from 55 countries, i.e. over 500 more companies than in 2023, presented their latest product developments and applications for a renewable energy supply around the clock in a total of 19 exhibition halls and an outdoor area covering a total area of 206,000 square metres. Around 110,000 trade...
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    Tradition, family, responsibility, respect - these are the values that the packaging machine manufacturer Schubert stands for, as does the American bakery manufacturer More Than A Bakery, a subsidiary of Richmond Baking. The family-owned company from Versailles, Kentucky, has more than 170 years of baking experience. Every day, a variety of biscuits and crackers come off the production line, for global players as well as for small regional customers. Packaging the fragile...
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