Reasons for the increase in sales included developments in some regional markets. Spain enjoyed double-digit sales growth. Growth in France was also in the double digits, regaining pre-recession levels. Sales in Germany grew by around five percent, to almost €600 million.

Trumpf also achieved significant sales increases in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.

In China, however, economic growth cooled. According to preliminary calculations, revenues there totaled roughly €360 million — a decrease of around two percent over the previous year.

APMEN News, Oct 2016