Market demand below expectations
Fiscal year 2001 Market demand below expectations The net sales of the Ensto Group in 2001 were 182.8 ME. The net sales for the preceding year, 200.7 ME, include business operations that have since been divested. In comparable terms net sales grew by 1.7 %. Operating profit was 6.5 ME. In 2000 the operating profit was 17.9 ME (in comparable terms 15.2 ME). The weaker result was mainly due to the lower level of capacity utilization that followed from the recession on the market. The market positions of the core businesses of the Ensto Group are still strong and the Group´s competitive