Getinge publishes Interim Report for January-March 2018
“We see high organic growth in the first quarter”, says Mattias Perjos, President & CEO of Getinge. “Increased operating expenses adversely impacted earnings. The work on reducing our total costs to a lower level in relation to sales, while maintaining the positive trend in sales and deliveries, will intensify.”Organic sales increased by more than 5% during the quarter. The growth is on a broad front, with the two largest business areas reporting more than 6% organic sales growth. The performance was particularly favorable in Americas and APAC, especially in emerging markets. Operating