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Texte wiki de la nouvelle page, après la modification (new_wikitext) | '<br>STOCKHOLM, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Husqvarna, the world's biggest maker of power gardening tools, has raised its overall financial targets and growth ambitions for robotic lawn mowers and other battery-powered products.<br> <br>The Swedish group, whose products range from trimmers and [https://www.ft.com/search?q=chainsaws chainsaws] to garden tractors and irrigation systems, and which has benefited from the stay-at-home trend caused by the pandemic, said late Tuesday it now targets annual organic sales growth of 5% and an operating margin of 13%.<br> <br>The market leader for robotic lawn mowers did not provide a timeframe for the new targets.<br><br>In the first nine months of 2021, organic sales were up 15% and the operating margin was 15.1%.<br> <br>The previous financial targets, [https://businesslistings4u.com/ рунетки] announced in 2019, were for sales growth exceeding the average growth in the industry by 2 percentage points with an operating margin above 10%.<br> <br>"I am proud that we can increase our growth and margin ambitions even after taking account of the recent temporary positive effects from the stay-at home trend," CEO Henric Andersson said ahead of presentations for investors and media on Wednesday.<br> <br>"Global macro trends including sustainability, electrification, automation and digitalization provide tremendous opportunities for the Husqvarna Group," he said in a statement.<br> <br>Husqvarna, whose rivals include Black & Decker and Honda Motor, gets the bulk of revenues from petrol driven products, but has been pushing to grow its share of battery driven products.<br> <br>The company said it aims to double the sales of robotic lawn mowers, double the number of connected devices, and increase the share of electrified products sold to 67% from 38% within five years.<br><br>(Reporting by Anna Ringstrom, Editing by Helena Soderpalm Sherry Jacob-Phillips, Keith Weir)<br>' |
