Mettler-Toledo International Inc. Provides Sales Guidance for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2023
January 04, 2024 at 05:00 pm EST
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Mettler-Toledo International Inc. announced sales guidance for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023. For the fourth quarter, the Company estimates, based upon preliminary information, that reported sales declined approximately 12% and local currency sales declined approximately 13% as currency increased sales growth by approximately 1%. This compares with previous fourth quarter local currency sales
decline guidance of approximately 7% to 8%.
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. specializes in the design, manufacturing and marketing of precision instruments. Net sales break down by sector of activity as follows:
- research and development in laboratories (55.6%): weighing solutions (analytical balances, precision balances, microbalances, mass comparators, etc.), pipetting systems, analytical instruments (thermal analysis instruments, titrators, pH meters, densimeters, refractometers and spectrophotometers), automated reactors, etc. ;
- industries (39.3%): industrial scales, analysis systems, industrial inspection and control systems. The group also offers software solutions for weighing, measuring and identification, as well as solutions to monitor and control production processes;
- distribution of food products (6.1%): weighing solutions (weight / price scales, counter balances, cash balances, etc.), packaging, pricing, packaging and labeling.
Net sales by source of revenue break down between product sales (76.7%) and services (23.3%).
At the end of 2023, the group had 30 production sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (35.5%), the Americas (5.9%), Germany (5.8%), France (3.7%), Switzerland (2.4%), the United Kingdom (2.1%), Europe (12.8%), China (18.7%) and other (13.1%).