Group management report

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Fiscal 2008: between growth and recession
Worldwide demand for material handling equipment down
Jungheinrich maintains course for growth: net sales achieve new record
Earnings trend at high level
Successful appearance at CeMAT 2008 trade show
New plant for battery-powered low-platform trucks takes shape

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Jungheinrich stayed its course for growth despite the increasingly cooling global economy. Consolidated net sales reached a new record level of over €2.1 billion. The earnings trend ended with the company’s second-best result. World demand for material handling equipment weakened considerably from the fourth quarter onwards. Jungheinrich had a successful turnout at CeMAT, the world’s lead intralogistics trade fair. Construction of the new plant for battery-powered low-platform trucks in Landsberg (Saxony-Anhalt) took shape.