Moneycab: Mr. Schildknecht, after several lean years, the turnaround at CPH is now evident in your figures. What has been the main driver in this development?

Peter Schildknecht: 2018 has brought the first shortage of paper in the paper markets for years, and prices have risen as a result. We’ve also had relatively stable conditions on the currency exchange front, record earnings in our Packaging Division and the successful repositioning of our Chemistry Division. And the combination of all these positive factors can be seen in our earnings results.

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