Tsimentopiia Vasilikou, Cyprus, revenues increased in Q1 2014

In the first half of 2015, Titan Cement of Greece registered a 19.9% rise in its revenues, to €672.8 million and a net profit of €24.2 million in comparison with €2.9 million in the corresponding period in 2014.

In the period April-June 2015, the company posted a 25.8% rise in its revenues, to €389 million; a 40.2% increase in its EBITDA to €82.1 million, and a net profit of €17.6 million from €13.9 million.

Holcim has reported a significant increase in operating profit for the first quarter of 2014 along with a further increase in operating margins and like-for-like higher volumes and net sales.

Net sales across the group reached CHF 4.09 billion (€3.36 billion), a fall of 5.4%, which was mainly influenced by negative currency effects. On a like-for-like basis net sales were up 7.8%.

In the quarter of July-September 2014, YTL of Malaysia recorded a 13.9% decline in its revenue from MYR 5.21 billion (€1.23 billion/US$1.55 billion) a year ago to MY 4.48 billion.

Its net profit for the quarter dropped by 50% from MYR 427.56 million to MYR 216.13 million year-on-year, due to smaller contributions from its utility business and losses suffered by its management services and other divisions.

During the quarter, the group‘sYTL cement manufacturing and trading segment registered a 13.2% dr