While production and sales of the Company have been stable and rising (sales are were up 26% in 2012 compared to 2004 and 54% higher when compared to the crisis year 2009), profitability remains under pressure following the financial crisis.
After two loss-making years in 2009-2010, profitability stays well short of the pre-crisis level. In 2012, the Company made a net profit CZK 793 mil, a third of the profits seen in 2004-2008