Swiss EMS Chemie cuts 2024 sales guidance on currency effects
July 12 (Reuters) -Swiss nylon manufacturer EMS Chemie EMSN.S cut its 2024 sales guidance on Friday, citing currency effects as the Swiss franc strengthened.
The company said it expects its 2024 net sales to fall slightly, after previously forecasting net sales in line with the 2023 figure of 2.19 billion Swiss francs ($2.44 billion).
EMS Chemie it predicted a continuing difficult economic environment in 2024, adding there was no sign of any growth impulse in global manufacturing.
"New political regulations and penal customs duties are also unsettling consumer confidence and hampering companies' investment decisions," the company said in a statement.
The mood in the European chemical industry remains cautious as the sector has long been suffering from weak demand and high production costs.
Net sales in the first half of the year declined 8.1% to 1.09 billion francs, EMS said.
The company reaffirmed its full-year earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) outlook and still sees a figure slightly above previous year's 493 million francs.
EMS Chemie kicked off the earnings reporting season for European chemical makers, with peers such as Clariant CLN.S, K+S SDFGn.DE and Givaudan GIVN.S set to report their quarterly results in the coming weeks.
($1 = 0.8958 Swiss francs)
Reporting by Bartosz Dabrowski and Marta Frackowiak in Gdansk
Editing by Ludwig Burger
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