Frans Houten Quotations

There are various merger and acquisition options that we can and will explore.

There are various M&A options we will explore.

At the time we started the business renewal, I could already see that scale is important. We determined in order to get the right financial ratios and have enough investments in R&D and in order to become a real leader in the industry in the market segments where we play, that it would be beneficial to try and become bigger.

Scale matters, to get the right ratio of R&D over sales.

Scale is important to get the right ratio of research and development over sales.

This (growth forecast) means that there's a foundation in the market. It's not spectacular growth but it is growth.

A lot of people are knocking on my door.