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  • Sika presents a strong start to the year

    Sika presents a strong start to the year

    Sika generated record sales of almost 2.65 billion Swiss francs in the first quarter of 2024, the globally active speciality chemicals group for construction and industry announced in a press release. This corresponds to year-on-year growth of 13.8 per cent. In local currencies, growth of 20.1 per cent was recorded.

    The MBCC acquisition, consolidated from May 2023, was the main contributor to the new sales record, Sika explains. Specifically, the former construction chemicals business of the BASF Group accounted for the lion’s share of sales growth with acquisition effects totalling 19.9 percent. In addition, Sika achieved double-digit sales growth in local currencies in all market regions.

    “Sika has made a dynamic start to the new financial year and achieved strong growth in the first quarter”, Group CEO Thomas Hasler is quoted as saying in the press release. According to the company, Sika also continued to grow organically in a declining overall market. “The successful integration of MBCC with its complementary products and markets and its highly motivated employees is generating additional growth and will enable us to further increase our market share,” says Hasler.

    For the current business year as a whole, Sika anticipates sales growth of between 6 and 9 per cent in local currencies. The operating result at EBITDA level should increase disproportionately to sales.

  • Holcim continues to grow

    Holcim continues to grow

    According to a press release, building materials producer Holcim increased sales in all segments by 16.9 percent to CHF 14.681 billion in the first half of the year. The roofing and insulation business in particular ended with above-average growth. Holcim expects further growth impetus in the division. In addition to sales, the record result includes recurring EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) of CHF 2.173 billion, an increase of 9.6 percent in Swiss francs, and earnings per share, which increased by 39.7 percent to CHF 1.90.

    In order to continue the company's success, according to the announcement, the focus is on the company's decarbonization. Based on the good half-year figures, Holcim feels well positioned to implement Strategy 2025 “Accelerating Green Growth”. This envisages world market leadership for innovative and sustainable construction solutions and net zero by 2050.

    For the 2022 financial year, CEO Jan Jenisch, who was quoted in the announcement, estimates pro-forma sales of CHF 3.5 billion and expects “sales growth of at least 10 percent on a comparable basis”.

  • Sika raises the bar

    Sika raises the bar

    Sika closed the first quarter of 2021 with record sales of just under 2.0 billion francs, the Zug-based building materials group announced in a press release . In a year-on-year comparison, this corresponds to growth of 10.2 percent. Sika writes that growth of 12.6 percent was achieved in local currencies. The announcement puts organic growth at 11.1 percent.

    All market regions of the globally active group contributed to the positive development. In the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa), a year-on-year increase in sales of 13.2 percent in local currencies to 914.7 million Swiss francs was achieved. The Americas region grew by 6.2 percent in local currencies. In the Asia / Pacific region, sales in local currencies rose by 25.8 percent to 422.8 million Swiss francs. In business with the automotive industry (Global Business), growth of 2.7 percent in local currencies was achieved after a minus in the previous year.

    "In the new year we were able to seamlessly build on our strong performance from the fourth quarter of the previous year", Paul Schuler, chairman of the group management, is quoted in the announcement. As a consequence of the development, Sika is adjusting its growth targets for the year as a whole upwards. Instead of the 6 to 8 percent originally communicated, the aim is now to achieve double-digit sales growth in local currencies. The margin on the operating result (EBIT) is also to be increased to 15 percent for the first time this year. In the previous year, an EBIT margin of 14.4 percent was achieved.