KBA on the way up

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For KBA, the upturn in demand for printing presses that first became evident in March continued in the summer months, but has been weaker than in other engineering sectors. The global volume is still well below the pre-crisis levels of September 2008, largely due to shifts in the marketplace and structural changes in the printing industry.  In the nine months to October, KBA’s order intake jumped by 46.7 per cent to €1,001.2m (2009: €682.3m), enabling the company to further expand its share of the market for sheetfed and newspaper presses and certain niche applications. Group sales rose by 4.7 per cent to €772.1m (2009: €737.3m). ...cont´d

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