Traton 2019 Sales Rose, But It Warns on Challenges Ahead
January 15 2020 - 3:50AM
Dow Jones News
By Olivia Bugault
Traton SE (8TRA.BE) said Wednesday that its sales rose in 2019
but that its order intake declined in Europe during the same
period.
Volkswagen AG's (VOW.XE) recently-listed truck unit said it sold
242,000 vehicles last year, driven by strong demand in Europe
during the first half of 2019 and rising sales in Brazil.
However, Traton warned that order intake fell 7% in 2019 mainly
due to a decline in European sales in the second half of the
year.
"Weaker demand for trucks in Europe in the second half of the
year is attributable, among other reasons, to orders being pulled
forward in the first half of the year because of introduction of
the digital tachograph in Europe as of June 15, 2019, and
pull-forward effects in the United Kingdom as a result of Brexit,"
Traton said.
Traton still expects a sales decline in Europe of between 10%
and 20% in 2020 for trucks weighing more than six metric tons.
Write to Olivia Bugault at olivia.bugault@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 15, 2020 03:35 ET (08:35 GMT)
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