MCH Group AG announced consolidated earnings results for the first half ended June 30, 2016. For the first half, the company reported sales and result clearly above the same period of the previous year and at the same level as the cyclically comparable first half of 2014. Consolidated operating income for the reporting period from 1 January to 30 June 2016 totals CHF 335.5 million. This is 8.8% above the first six months of the previous year of CHF 308.5 million and at the same level as the cyclically comparable first half of 2014 of CHF 335.8 million. The EBITDA is CHF 92.0 million of up 6.9% on 2015, down 2.9% on 2014, and the EBIT of CHF 59.9 million, up 8.9% on 2015, down 5.2% on 2014. The resultant consolidated group profit is CHF 56.1 million. This is 15.2% above the same period for 2015 and 1.1% down on 2014.

The company is expecting the result for 2016 to be in the region of the results for the past two years.