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Regions (million €) |
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Sales |
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Sales |
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Income from operations | ||||||
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2008 |
2007 |
Change in % |
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2008 |
2007 |
Change in % |
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2008 |
2007 |
Change in % |
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Europe |
38,652 |
34,316 |
12.6 |
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36,693 |
32,347 |
13.4 |
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5,822 |
5,415 |
7.5 |
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Thereof Germany |
27,497 |
24,312 |
13.1 |
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13,796 |
11,967 |
15.3 |
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4,744 |
4,226 |
12.3 |
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North America |
11,937 |
12,007 |
(0.6) |
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11,932 |
11,928 |
. |
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73 |
762 |
(90.4) |
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Asia Pacific |
8,664 |
8,785 |
(1.4) |
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9,320 |
9,579 |
(2.7) |
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254 |
828 |
(69.3) |
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South America, Africa, |
3,051 |
2,843 |
7.3 |
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4,359 |
4,097 |
6.4 |
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314 |
311 |
1.0 |
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62,304 |
57,951 |
7.5 |
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62,304 |
57,951 |
7.5 |
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6,463 |
7,316 |
(11.7) |
Sales by region Income from operations by region
(location of company)
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Assets by region (share in %) |
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Property, plant and equipment |
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2008 |
2007 |
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2008 |
2007 |
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2008 |
2007 |
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Europe |
58.4 |
56.9 |
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56.6 |
56.4 |
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63.4 |
60.1 |
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North America |
21.5 |
21.0 |
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24.3 |
25.4 |
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14.6 |
16.6 |
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Asia Pacific |
16.5 |
18.1 |
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12.4 |
13.5 |
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15.3 |
17.2 |
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South America, Africa, |
3.6 |
4.0 |
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6.7 |
4.7 |
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6.7 |
6.1 |
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100.0 |
100.0 |
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100.0 |
100.0 |
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100.0 |
100.0 |
REGIONAL TRENDS
- Europe: successful completion of the project “Further Development of European Organization”
- North America: divestitures of the coil coatings business as well as the pharmaceutical manufacturing business in Shreveport, Louisiana
- Asia Pacific: continued strengthening of our R&D activities; project for increased efficiency at production sites as part of the NEXT initiative
- South America, Africa, Middle East: FARO initiative for identifying sales potential in strongly growing industries
