16 February 2017
DETAILS
- Sales increased by 2 % in local currency
to CHF 5.847 billion - EBITDA margin before exceptional items
expanded to 15.2 % from 14.7 % - Operating cash flow significantly rose by 29 %
to CHF 646 million compared
to CHF 502 million in 2015 - Net income grew 16 % to CHF 263 million
- Proposed dividend increase of 12.5 %
to CHF 0.45 per share - 2017 outlook: continued progression
in profitability and operating cash flow generation
“Clariant considerably expanded
its operating cash flow in 2016
while reporting sales growth
and profitability improvement,”
“Our good business performance was primarily achieved
by means of a continued shift to high margin specialities,
the impact of the differentiated steering in
Plastics & Coatings as well as
good cost management.
For 2017, we are confident
that we will achieve our targets, i.e.
* growth in local currency,
* progression in operating cash flow,
* absolute EBITDA and EBITDA margin
before exceptional items
in spite of a continued
challenging economic environment.”
CORPORATE MEDIA RELATIONS
JOCHEN DUBIEL
Phone +41 61 469 63 63
jochen.dubiel@clariant.com
THIJS BOUWENS
Phone +41 61 469 63 63
thijs.bouwens@clariant.com
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