The performance is remarkable and revealing.
Despite a year 2020 marked by a pandemic that caused a major economic crisis, industrial gas giant Air Liquide managed to increase its net income by nearly 9% (8.6%).
His case is not isolated.
Several large French industrial groups have also achieved notable performances.
Cable manufacturer Nexans is back in the green;
Schneider Electric maintained its level of operating margin;
that of Legrand fell but, at 19%, it is at a very high level;
ArcelorMittal lost money over the year as a whole, but generated a net profit of $ 1.2 billion in the last quarter… What all these players have in common: they are industrial companies.
Their results reveal the surprising resilience of a sector long considered fragile.
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This comeback was pulled at the end of the year by Europe and France.
At Air Liquide, it is the Old Continent that
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