(AOF) – Sales of Delta Plus, a company present in the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) market, increased by +1.6% (+4.9 million euros) over the first nine months of year 2023 and reach 312.3 million euros. The Group is maintaining a sustained pace of organic growth, due in particular to a high level of activity in Argentina in the first half, linked to the reopening of borders after several months of limitation of imports into the country.
At constant scope and exchange rates, organic growth in consolidated turnover remains at +9.1% over the first nine months of 2023 (+28 million euros) coming in particular from the strong activity recorded in Argentina ( +27.8 million euros over the first nine months of the year).
On the other hand, in Europe, its turnover over 9 months is down 2.5% compared to 2022 at 151.5 million euros.
The Group confirms continued organic growth in its turnover for 2023, despite a macroeconomic and geopolitical context that remains very uncertain.
In terms of profitability, the year 2023 remains marked by events that pose short-term uncertainties: war in Ukraine and the Middle East, persistence of inflationary tensions, uncertainties about the evolution of the prices of the main world currencies .
In this context, the Group continues to implement all measures intended to limit the impact of these significant events on the level of operational profitability and to initiate a return to levels similar to those of the period preceding the Covid crisis. -19 (current operating income of 13.7% in 2019).
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