Heidelberg Notes Significant Rise in Incoming Orders in Half-Year Report

Net sales were EUR 28 million up on the first quarter. In the first half-year, sales roughly matched the previous year's level at EUR 470 million. In the Eastern Europe region, incoming orders in the second quarter were slightly higher than the previous year at EUR 63 million. In the first half-year, they rose by a total of 28 percent to EUR 147 million. Net sales far exceeded the figures for both the previous quarter and the previous year. Higher incoming orders in Poland, Russia, and Turkey played a key role in this positive development.