SUSS MicroTec provided preliminary sales and earnings guidance for the fiscal year 2019. Sales in the 2019 financial year are expected to reach a value of around EUR 215 million. Revenue is thus at the upper end of the previously expected range of EUR 200 to 215 million. Order intake in the second half of the year amounted to EUR 127 million, well above expectations of more than EUR 95 million. Preliminary earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) amount to minus EUR 11.5 million. Without special effect, the preliminary EBIT for the 2019 financial year would be around EUR 1.6 million. The reason for this decline in earnings is an increase in the cost of goods sold and higher administrative and development costs.