date:Jul 05, 2013
half of group sales, rose 5.7 percent. The company said, Western Europe performed very well against the background of a still challenging market environment.
Its second biggest market, the Americas, accelerated to 17.1 percent growth, it said.
Sales revenue at the group fell 1.3 percent to 3.541 billion Swiss francs ($3.73 billion), in line with an estimate in a Reuters poll, as the group passed on lower raw material prices to its customers.
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