Villeroy & Boch AG provided earnings guidance for the year 2020. As public life around the world is still being impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, the second half of the year will also be subject to economic risks that are difficult to predict. However, the Management Board of company sees the recent upturn in incoming orders as a positive sign for the second half of the year and expects to be able to limit the year-on-year revenue shortfall for 2020 as a whole to less than -10 %. The Management Board also expects to be able to offset the loss in operating EBIT in the first half of the year and report positive earnings for the year as a whole, albeit at a considerably lower level than in the previous year.