Double digit growth in emerging markets helped Hilti Group increase its annual sales in 2013 by 3.2%, although sales in Europe were down slightly.Total sales for Europe in local currencies were down 1.1%, with growth in central and Northern Europe offset by continuing difficult conditions in Southern Europe. In local currencies, sales in North America rose by 2.8% and by 14.3% in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Asia saw 14.3% growth (…)
