Würth Group Generates Sales of More Than Five Billion Euros in the First Half of 2014

In the first half of 2014, the Würth Group generated overall sales of EUR 5.020 billion. This corresponds to a year-over-year growth of 2.8 percent. Except for Italy, all problematic countries succeeded in generating growth again. There are clear signs that Spain, for instance, has bottomed out as they succeeded in generating a sales plus of almost nine percent. Robert Friedmann, Chairman of the Central Managing Board of the Würth Group, said: "We want to close the year 2014 with a new sales record. Although the focus of our business activities is on Europe, the strong euro has a negative impact on the development of sales. However, we do not expect further negative influences in the second half of the year."

The operating result of the Würth Group is clearly growing. At EUR 235 million, the operating result is up 14.6 percent over last year (previous year: EUR 205 million). "The good order situation of our customers and the economic development are a tailwind for us and we are therefore looking optimistically at the second half of the year," Friedmann adds.

In the second half of 2014, we expect the trends of the last six months to continue. It seems very likely that we will achieve a new sales record by generating more than ten billion euros.