4 March 2014
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Sika AG's Financial year 2013
- 9.4% sales growth (6.5% in Swiss francs) to
CHF 5,142.2 million
- Sales up 17.2% in emerging markets
- Sales up 17.2% in emerging markets
- 23.8% increase in net profit to CHF 344.7 million
- Operating free cash flow of CHF 432.7 million (+43.0%)
- Further investments in growth markets
with ten new factories in Asia, Latin America,
Africa and Eastern Europe
- 73 new patents
- Profitable growth and market leadership
- 73 new patents
- Profitable growth and market leadership
targeted with Strategy 2018
Sika CEO Jan Jenisch:
“The fact that we have had a record year in 2013
is due to the expertise and commitment of
our 16,293 employees.
Their energy and ideas have taken Sika to
the next level of performance, and
we achieved record results for
sales, net profit and free cash flow.
ACQUISITION OF 5 COMPANIES
In 2013, five companies with a total of 1,058 employees
and annualized sales of CHF 372 million were acquired. With
1.AkzoNobel's Building Adhesives business (Europe),
2.Everbuild (UK),
3.Texsa (India and Mexico),
4.Optiroc (Singapore and Malaysia) and
5.Radmix (Australia) on board,
synergies will be achieved in
market access and technology management.
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