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Article: BERU AG Publishes Results for the First Half of 2009.
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- Electronics Newsweekly
- Article date:
- September 16, 2009
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The BERU Group, Ludwigsburg, posted revenue of EUR 143.9 million in the first half of 2009. Due to the worldwide slump in unit sales of automobiles, revenue was 37.5% lower than in the prior-year period (EUR 230.4 million). Profit on ordinary activities (EBIT) amounted to EUR 4.5 million (EUR 15.8) million, equivalent to an EBIT margin of 3.1% (6.9%). BERU prevented EBIT from falling at an even faster rate by consistently taking measures to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
A comparison with the prior-year period is only possible to a limited extent due to the changes in the consolidated group (integration of French subsidiaries into the BorgWarner Group in ...