AAK’s Interim report for the third quarter 2017 – all-time high operating profit
· Operating profit reached SEK 475 million (431 excluding acquisition costs), an improvement of 10 percent. The currency translation impact was negative SEK 14 million of which SEK 9 million was related to Food Ingredients and SEK 5 million to Chocolate & Confectionery Fats. Operating profit at fixed foreign exchange rates and excluding acquisition costs improved by 13 percent. · Total volumes continued to grow nicely and increased by 8 percent (11). Organic volume growth was 4 percent (4). The demand for speciality and semi-speciality products continued to be strong and generated