Höft & Wessel AG announced earnings results for the nine months of 2012. For the period, the company recorded EUR 56.7 million in sales, down by 10% year-on-year on account of the reorientation against EUR 62.8 million a year ago. The operating loss (LBIT), at EUR 7.7 million, turned out clearly negative in the first nine months of 2012, against EUR 3.2 million a year ago.