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CORPORATE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007
Interview with the Chairman
Thierry de La Tour d’Artaise
HOW DID GROUPE SEB
DO IN 2007?
“Supor...an exciting
new venture and
a huge opportunity.”
A decidedly good year for Groupe SEB, 2007 was marked
by excellent trading, completion of our industrial reorganization
in France and our strategic acquisition of a
controlling stake in Supor in China. We thus met and even
exceeded the objectives we had set out to achieve.
In terms of trading performance, the Group saw 8.6%
organic growth in sales across all product families and in
almost all markets. This reflects revived demand in
Western Europe and our continued rapid advance in
emerging countries, while it vindicates the Group’s
economic model based on innovation and enhancing the
product mix.
Robust growth was the main spur behind a rise of almost
15% in our operating margin, to €301 million. Operating
profit (less burdened than in 2006 by provisions for
restructuring) grew 55%, while net income climbed 64%
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