Heidelberg Presents Final Half-Yearly Figures

As expected following the high level of orders generated at drupa, incoming orders fell in the second quarter in the EMEA, North America and Asia/Pacific regions. Orders remained stable in the Eastern Europe region and increased in the Latin America region. Thanks mainly to orders from the Brazilian market, this region was 26 percent up on the same quarter of the previous year. There was also a significant improvement of 18 percent in the half-yearly figure. Sales in all regions for the first six months were down on the previous year's level.