Bologna 9 October 2007
- Consolidated revenues of € 297 mn as of 30th September 2007, up 5.9% from € 280.5 mn in the same period in the previous year. With constant euro/usd exchange rates, the growth would have been equal to 9%.
Consolidated revenues for the third quarter alone came to € 98 million, an increase of 7% against sales of € 91.6 mn on Q306. With constant euro/usd exchange rates, the growth would have been equal to 10%.
These are the preliminary revenue figures for Datalogic S.p.A., a company listed in the STAR segment, third largest world manufacturer and leader in Europe for bar code readers, rugged mobile computers, and RFID (radio frequency identification) systems.
As far as the individual business divisions are concerned, during the first nine months of this year, Datalogic Mobile achieved revenues of € 67 mn (+9% compared to the same period in 2006 and +18% with constant euro/usd exchange rates), Datalogic Scanning € 140.2 mn (+5% compared to the same period in 2006 and +12% with constant euro/usd exchange rates) and Datalogic Automation 54 mn (-4% compared to the same period in 2006 and +4% with constant euro/usd exchange rates). In total the Business Development division grew 21% compared to the same period of last year with good performance by the Shopevolution line (+95%) and Informatics Inc. (+15% in Usd).
The Board of Directors will meet on 9 November to approve the accounts at 30 September 2007.
"The results of the first nine months of the year - stated Roberto Tunioli, the Company's CEO - confirm the on-going growth trend of the company and enable us to formulate optimistic estimates for the end of this year."
The manager responsible for preparing the company's financial reports" - Dott. Marco Rondelli - declares, pursuant to paragraph 2 of Art. 154-bis of the Testo Unico della Finanza, that the accounting information contained in that press release corresponds to the document results, books and accounting records.
