How did Interroll perform in 2009?
In the first half of 2009, the globally active Interroll Group started to feel the impact of the world-wide recession and plummeting levels of demand across various user markets. In terms of local currency, sales fell by 32.3 %, from CHF 187.5 million in the extremely buoyant first half of 2008 to CHF 127.0 million in the period under review; on the basis of Group currency, the decline was 37.9 %. Expressed in reporting currency, consolidated revenue similarly contains currency losses of 5.6 %, with a further 6% fall linked to dramatic collapses in the price of raw materials such as steel and plastics.
