Brief: Coltene Holding H1 sales down at CHF 73.3 million

COLTENE Holding AG

07/08/2015 05:34

Aug 7 (Reuters) - Coltene Holding AG  CLTN.S : 
    * Sales of 73.3 million Swiss francs ($75 million)in first 
half of 2015 (2014 H1: 76.0 million Swiss francs) 
    * H1 reduction in sales led to a 13.3 pct decline in 
operating profit (EBIT) to 6.5 million Swiss francs (2014 H1: 
7.4 million Swiss francs) 
    * H1 net profit declined 31.7 pct to 3.8 million Swiss 
francs(2014 H1: 5.5 million Swiss francs) 
    * Aims to grow along with underlying market and gradually 
increase company's EBIT margin to 15 pct during coming years 
 
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($1 = 0.9811 Swiss francs) 
 
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