Positive business trend in the first half year of 2011
Pressemitteilung: Hallbergmoos, 26. 08. 2011
Business of the ATON Group continued to develop positively in the first half year of 2011. The operational strength that has been regained was a pleasing element here, but also the portfolio measures that were taken have also had a positive effect without exception.
These include the sale of the US building company FrontierKemper Constructors, Inc. and divesting ourselves of our majority holding in Dürr AG. We feel well equipped to embark on further expansion and our development remains – and this is also due to high liquidity reserves – to a large extent unaffected by the current turmoil on the financial markets.
In numbers the revenue of the ATON group that has been adjusted to the companies that continue to form part of the group increased by more than 20 % in the first half year of 2011 compared to the previous year. The EBIT margin improved in this case from less than 4 to more than 6% (adjusted 7%) whereby it should be noted that all the subsidiaries that continue to be operated have clearly exceeded the profitability threshold. The sound financial base of the ATON group can be demonstrated among other things by the equity capital ratio that has once again improved to 47%.
In addition the restructuring of the control and management unit of the ATON group with the relocation of the company headquarters of ATON GmbH to Munich/Hallbergmoos was concluded.
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