as china's skies clear, philips sales of air purifiers decline - rate air purifiers

China fights to cut the notorious air
Air pollution has seriously affected the sales of air purifiers by Royal Philips.
The income of machines that capture harmful particles in their homes has declined. single-
Dutch hospital scanners and medical device manufacturers said in a statement on Monday that the number of medical devices in China reached figures in the second quarter.
This forced distributors to adjust their inventory.
"The improvement in air quality is faster than expected.
This is a good thing for the Chinese people, so I don't want to complain about it, "Frans van Houten said on the phone.
In addition, furniture containing formaldehyde resin always produces allergens and harmful pollution, he added.
Philips shares fell 4% to 35.
As of 9: 15, 23 euros. m. in Amsterdam.
Personal sales growth-
The health sector, including the purifier, did not meet analysts' expectations. While air-
According to the CEO, the quality of Beijing has improved significantly, and cities across China cannot say so.
Analysis released by Greenpeace on January showed that PM2.
5 concentration--
Measuring harmful fine particles-
Beijing's stock market fell 54%, although the country's stock market fell 4.
5%, the lowest level since China began the pollution war. Air-
Only 0. 2 billion of household purification equipment-euro ($234 million)
Sales of Philips Business, diagnostic equipment and medical equipment
The gear jumped "strong double
Van Houten said on the phone, "numbers ".
He predicted that his personal life would improve.
Health business for the rest of 2018.
Philips ranked second overall
The quarterly earnings before interest, tax and amortization increased from 0. 482 billion euros a year ago to 0. 439 billion euros.
Sales increased to 4 on a comparable basis.
29 billion euros, below the company-
Prepare estimates 4.
32 billion euros.