Update from Duroc
The irregular order intake in the plastics-related companies that were noted during Q3 has continued during Q4. Like our industry colleagues, we are experiencing a continuing volatile market marked by severely restrained stocking and price instability. The accumulated unaudited result for April-May is overall limitedly negative, with good profitability in the industrial trade-related companies operating in the Nordics and continued weak development in the plastics-related units in Europe and the USA. Underlying causes are above all declining demand for consumer products in the US but