Year-End Report 2017
Kai Wärn, President and CEO:“Husqvarna Group ended the year with another quarter of improved earnings. The fourth quarter is seasonally the smallest in terms of sales and thereby operating income, normally showing a loss for the Group. The operating loss for the fourth quarter was reduced to SEK -70m (-108), despite higher investments in strategic growth initiatives, pressure from currency and higher commodity prices, which were offset by a favorable impact related to legal restructuring. Sales continued to develop strongly across our divisions in profitable growth. On a currency adjusted