Westag & Getalit AG announced earnings results for the first half of 2016. For the period the company announced that its sales revenues increased by 5.7% to EUR 118.8 million compared to EUR 112.4 million a year ago. The company's export sales rose by a disproportionate 8.6% to EUR 25.3 million compared to EUR 23.3 million a year ago, the export share climbed from 20.7% to 21.3%. As a result of the positive revenue trend, the company's earnings also improved compared to the previous year. Earnings before income tax increased by 7.3% from EUR 5.1 million as at June 30, 2015 to EUR 5.4 million. Consequently, net income for the period rose from EUR 3.6 million to EUR 3.8 million. Net income per share amounted to EUR 0.68 for the ordinary shares compared to EUR 0.63 a year ago.