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High bar set for ThyssenKrupp successor

By Daniel Schäfer in Düsseldorf

Published: November 27 2009 19:25 | Last updated: November 27 2009 20:14

ThyssenKrupp aims to come back to its pre-crisis profitability within the next five years, its chief executive says, pledging that its “catastrophic” loss in the past financial year had been a singular event.

The German steel and industrial conglomerate posted a €2.4bn ($3.6bn) loss before tax in the financial year ending September. This compared with a €3.1bn profit the previous year and marked the first loss since the merger of Thyssen and Krupp 10 years ago.

ekkehard schulz, ceo ThyssenKrupp

ThyssenKrupp chief executive Ekkehard Schulz's contract runs out in 2011

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