The banking segment produced net sales growth of 17% to € 568 million (previous year:
€ 485 million), aided by considerable rates of growth in both the product and the services businesses across all regions. In Q2, net sales growth in the banking segment was 23%, where EBITA was € 56 million (previous year: € 48 million), up 17% on the same time last year.

During the first half of the fiscal year, the retail segment produced net sales growth of 5%, reaching € 375 million (previous year: € 356 million), feeling the significant benefit of a good performance in product sales of reverse vending systems in Germany. Q2 retail net sales improved by 11%, with first-half EBITA in retail up 27% to € 19 million (previous year: € 15 million).