- Sales fall 10.1% to €1,531.9m
- Order intakes shrinks 19.7% to €1,241.5m
- Substantial capacity cuts required
- Retrenchment drives up pre-tax loss to over €85m
- Sheetfed division posts heavy loss
- Web and special press division posts sizeable profit
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