Down again at Tadano

Japanese crane and aerial platform manufacturer Tadano posted a decline in sales for the first six months of the 2017 financial year.

At JPY 82,880 million (US$ 737.6 million) sales were down 8.8 % between April and September 2017 from the JPY 90,914 million ($ 809.1 million) in the same period of 2016.

Operating income was JPY 8,548 million ($76.1 million), down 15.3 % from the JPY 10,094 million ($89.8 million) a year earlier.