German motor oil and additive manufacturer Liqui Moly has already achieved a record year having closed November with its highest ever monthly sales (45.5 million euros), and growth of 20 per cent over the previous month. Achieving 453 million euros for the first eleven months of the year, the company states that it has “significantly exceeded” its prior-year sales.
Brake maker Brembo reports that its 2015 revenues grew 15 per cent to 2,073.2 million euros. Pre-tax profits were even stronger, with EBITDA at 359.9 million euros (+28.6 per cent) and the EBIT measurement up 40.8 per cent to 251.3 million euros. During the same period net profit grew 42.5 per cent to 184.0 million euros. Net investments totalled 154.1 million euros. And net debt amounted to 160.7 million euros.
Publishing its first half 2015 financial results, Toyo Tire and Rubber has reported net sales of 194,402 million yen (£999.314 million; 1.408 billion euros; US$1.556 billion), an increase of 7,080 million yen or 3.8 per cent from the same period in 2014. This resulted in a net loss of 4,156 million yen (£21.365 million; 30.116 million; $33.268 million) compared with 15,269 million yen profit in the same part of 2014.
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