Dräger announced preliminary, unaudited Net sales for fiscal year 2018. Net sales increased by roughly 1.0% (approximately 4.0% net of currency effects) to some EUR 2.60 billion against EUR 2.57 billion a year ago.

The company expects to see currency-adjusted net sales growth of between 1.0% and 4.0% in fiscal year 2019. The current exchange rates would result in negligible currency effects on the reported net sales growth (2018: approximately -3% points) for the year 2019 as a whole. The necessary investments in the strengthening of R&D as well as Sales, which started in the past fiscal year, will be continued in 2019. Profitability may therefore fall below the current level in 2019.