Financial results

摘要

Clariant has announced 1H 2016 sales of 2.9 billion Swiss francs, up 3% from the previous figure of 2.87 billion francs on the same period for 2015. In the company's results presentation, CEO Hariolf Kottmann also noted that cash flow had been expanded considerably and profitability - measured as earnings before tax and deductions - increased from 14.5% to 15.3%. He added: "our good business performance was primarily achieved by means of a continued shift to high margin specialities, the impact of the differentiated steering in Plastics & Coatings as well as good cost management. For 2016, we are on track to achieve our targets despite the continued challenging economic environment."