Synergy Healthcare Q1 up 30%

Source: Healthcare Digital

Date :25/07/2008 09:37:20

Synergy Healthcare plc said the current year has started well and the business is performing in line with its expectations.

The provider of sterilisation and infection control solutions said its first quarter sales were up 29.9 percent to £66.2 million and 14.7 percent higher excluding the acquisition of Vernon Carus.

It said first quarter sales from the UK rose 38.7 percent to £38.5 million, and sales from the rest of Europe grew 19.5 percent to £25.8 million.

Sales from Asia and South Africa rose 20 percent to £1.8 million, Synergy added.

The company said the construction of its commercial sterilisation facility in Suzhou would be completed by the spring of 2009.