The EMS Group, with its companies combined in the EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG and globally active in the business areas High Performance Polymers and Specialty Chemicals, increased net sales to CHF 1,166 million (845) and net operating income (EBIT) to CHF 321 million (227) in the first half year of 2021. These figures are well above those of the previous year and, due to currency influences, are new record levels in the 85-years of company history.