Fourth quarter 2012
AarhusKarlshamn AB – Record high operating profit driven by an extraordinary performance in Food Ingredients· Net sales amounted to SEK 4,205 million (4,483), mainly due to hurricane Sandy and lower raw material prices offset by acquisitions, better product mix and a positive currency translation. · Volumes increased by 2 percent compared to fourth quarter 2011 mainly due to acquisitions and increasing semi-speciality and speciality volumes. · Operating profit adjusted for Sandy for the fourth quarter was a record high, reaching SEK 292 million (265), an improvement of 10