Q1 2019 Hexagon AB Earnings Call Transcript
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Hexagon Q1 Report 2019. (Operator Instructions)
I'll now hand the call over to Ola Rollén. Please go ahead with your meeting.
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Thank you, and welcome to this Q1 earnings call for 2019. And I suggest we start with Slide #4, overview of the first quarter 2019. We report an organic growth of 4% in the quarter and the operating net sales growth is 10% recorded. So we saw solid growth in PI, Geosystems and PP&M, and MI had 4% organic growth.
Growth was hampered by the continued decline in Safety & Infrastructure. And as we will see in a few slides, actions have been taken to ensure improvements throughout 2019. Excluding SI, the organic growth was above 6% in the quarter.
Record earnings and profitability in the quarter. The gross margin came in at 62.6%, which is a new record for us. The EBIT margin came in at 24.1%, which is the strongest first quarter ever for Hexagon. And
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