Krones AG provided earnings guidance for the fiscal 2021. For financial year 2021, due to ongoing uncertainty about the path of the Covid-19 pandemic, Krones is forecasting revenue growth of 2.5% to 3.5%. Based on the slight recovery in revenue and the savings from the structural measures, the Executive Board expects profitability to be better than in 2020. The guidance for 2021 is subject to the assumption that there will be no severe impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic such as harmful virus mutations or vaccination difficulties. This would hit the economy and hence also Krones harder than currently expected and could lead to negative revenue and earnings effects.