Highlights of Q1-Q2 2019

Profitable growth for the KION Group in the first half of the year

• At €4.197 billion, order intake is 2.6 per cent down on the very strong prior-year result, which had been bolstered by particularly high order levels in the project business in the SCS segment
• Revenue advances by a substantial 12.6 per cent to €4.364 billion
• Adjusted EBIT increases sharply, by 18.2 per cent to €407.6 million
• Bottlenecks at suppliers resolved
• Adjusted EBIT margin improves from 8.9 per cent to 9.3 per cent
• Net income for the period up by a significant 47.7 per cent to €218.3 million
• Outlook for 2019 confirmed