Capital assets acquisitions of €1.2bn in first quarter
Capital acquisitions in industry in the first quarter of 2006 were €1.2bn, compared with €1bn in the first quarter of 2005.
The major contributor to the total figure was acquisitions of machinery and equipment, which amounted to €964.6m in the first quarter of 2006, following a first-quarter 2005 level of €808.7m.





