Lännen Tehtaat Oyj provided earnings guidance for the third quarter of 2012. For the third quarter, the company expects operating profit, excluding non-recurring items, is expected to be clearly higher than the previous year at about EUR 3.5 million to 4.0 million compared with EUR 2.3 million in the comparison period. The company expected third-quarter operating profit is due to the excellent profit of the associated company Sucros in the Other operations segment, which was affected by larger-than-normal sugar export deals.

The segment's operating profit is also improved by an income recognition from additional purchase price related to the acquisition of Caternet Finland Oy. Additional purchase price will not be realized in 2012.