Rocla Oyj has posted a 14% sales increase for the first half of the year, extracting a profit of EUR1.1 million (USD1.34 million) from EUR44.3 million (USD54.3 million) in turnover.
The result is a significant turnaround for the forklift and automated guide vehicles (AGV) manufacturer, which last year lost EUR1.6 million (USD1.96 million) on EUR38.7 million (USD47.43 million) in sales.
Rocla said in its financial report it was confident net sales and profits would continue to rise for the rest of the year.
Exports and international orders accounted for 76% of consolidated net sales.
Forklifts accounted for 86% of total sales while Rocla's other core business, AGVs, made up the remaining 14%.
"Net sales and results are expected to develop positively during the second half of the year," the report said.