Electrolux AB

Swedish home appliance maker Electrolux <ELUXb.ST> said on Thursday it had been able to offset pressures from higher raw materials, trade tariffs and currency with price hikes so far in 2019, and that it also expected to do so for the full year.

Swedish home appliance maker Electrolux on Thursday said that it had been able to offset headwinds from raw materials, trade tariffs and currency with price hikes as it reported quarterly operating earnings in line with market expectations.

Swedish home appliance maker Electrolux scaled back its full-year cost guidance after reporting first-quarter earnings above market expectations as price hikes and improved product mix helped offset tariff and currency headwinds.

Electrolux expects to accelerate annual sales growth at its professional products unit above 7 percent after carving it out next year, its executives told Reuters, citing opportunities to pick up U.S. targets and add fast-food chains as customers.

Electrolux expects to lift sales growth at its professional products business above 7 percent after spinning off the unit next year, its executives told Reuters, citing opportunities to buy U.S. targets and add fast-food customers.

Electrolux shares hit an eight-month high on Friday after the home appliances maker announced plans to spin off its most profitable business to shareholders and beat earnings forecasts.

Home appliance maker Electrolux reported quarterly earnings ahead of market expectations and forecast less headwinds on costs in 2019 as prices hikes help it offset some of the raw material inflation due to tariffs on Chinese goods.

Swedish home appliance maker Electrolux said on Thursday it would spin off its Professional Products business, and that by splitting in two it would create extra shareholder value.

Swedish home appliance maker Electrolux said on Thursday said it was preparing for the separation and listing of its Professional Products business, with revenue of around 6.3 billion crowns ($697 million) in the first nine months last year.

Home appliance maker Electrolux <ELUXb.ST> forecast higher costs this year and next from rising raw material prices and tariffs on Chinese goods, sending its shares tumbling on Friday.

Home appliance maker Electrolux <ELUXb.ST> cut its full-year forecast for sales growth in North America, its biggest market, after higher U.S. steel tariffs forced it to increase prices for its products.

U.S. tariffs helped raise raw material costs at Electrolux <ELUXb.ST>, denting first-quarter earnings and sending shares in Europe's largest home appliances maker down 11 percent on Friday.

Sweden's Electrolux <ELUXb.ST>, Europe's largest home appliance maker, said on Friday it would delay a planned $250 million investment in Tennessee, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced tariffs on imported aluminum and steel.

Sweden's Electrolux , Europe's largest home appliance maker, said on Friday it would put on hold a planned $250 million investment in the United States after President Donald Trump announced he would impose tariffs on imported aluminium and steel.

French competition authorities will give more details in March of alleged breaches of anti-trust rules by home appliances makers including Sweden's Electrolux <ELUXb.ST> and Germany's Bosch in 2006 to 2009, Electrolux said on Wednesday.

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Electrolux, Europe's largest home appliance maker, beat fourth-quarter operating profit expectations on Wednesday and reiterated its forecast for higher demand in Europe and North America this year.

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Electrolux <ELUXb.ST>, one of the world's biggest home appliance makers, is launching an 8 billion Swedish crown ($950 million) investment drive to modernize its factories, especially in North America, to better compete with cheap Asian competition.