Surteco SE provided earnings guidance for the year 2017. For the year, the company projection envisages a further slight improvement in sales by comparison with the previous year's figure of EUR 640 million, in spite of sustained difficult framework conditions. Although costs of raw materials have undergone a massive increase in some areas, the efficiency enhancement measures from previous years and the successful relocation and integration of decorative printing activities are projected to lead to an improvement in earnings before financial result and income tax (EBIT) to between EUR 42 million and EUR 46 million after around EUR 41 million in 2016.