Medios AG continued its growth course in the first half of 2018 and confirms its forecast for fiscal year 2018. According to preliminary calculations, Group sales rose by 24% to EUR 145 million in the first six months of the financial year. Group earnings before taxes increased by 21.5% to EUR 4.7 million, without taking account of the stock option program adopted by resolution in 2017 and before non-recurring expenses associated with the commissioning of the laboratories acquired in September 2017. After non-recurring expenses, amounting to approximately EUR 0.6 million, EBT excluding the SOP improved by 5.1%, to EUR 4.1 million. Consolidated sales in fiscal year 2018 are to improve to around EUR 320 million and EBT to approximately EUR 11 million. This corresponds to growth rates of 26% and 37%, compared with business figures for 2017, reaching EUR 253 million and EUR 8.0 million, respectively.