Höganäs Interim Report 1 January – 31 March 2013
Some recovery after weak conclusion to 2012 - continued cost focus and ongoing R&D initiatives CEO’s comments - first quarter: “The market remained fairly weak in Europe and several other regions in the first quarter, although good growth was reported from China. But comparisons of 2013 with the previous year across much of Asia are negatively affected by the recovery effects that favoured year-2012 sales after a 2011 that suffered from the tsunami and flooding. In the sequential recovery from the poor fourth quarter of 2012, we are endeavouring to safeguard our operating margins, and