date:Jul 18, 2014
The world's largest testing and inspection company, SGS, is hunting for an acquisition in the marine sector to add to a portfolio of businesses slowed by weak demand for minerals services and a strong Swiss franc.
First-half net profit at SGS rose 6.3 percent to 255 million Swiss francs ($284 million), short of a forecast of 283 million francs in a Reuters poll of analysts.
All of the businesses grew. Not all of them grew as much as we would like them to have done, Chief Executive Chris Kirk t