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Forterra, Inc. (“Forterra” or the "Company”) (NASDAQ:FRTA), a leading manufacturer of water and drainage infrastructure pipe and products in the United States and Eastern Canada, today announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2017.

Year-to-date electrified sales increase 74.8% to 50,711 +++ BMW Group delivers 1,401,551 vehicles in ytd, up 4.3% +++ BMW Group sales in July up 0.4% to 180,726 +++

HSBC, the world’s leading trade finance bank, is working with IBM to develop a cognitive intelligence solution combining optical character recognition with advanced robotics to make global trade safer and more efficient for thousands of businesses.

ALROSA Group, the world leader in diamond production, announces diamond sales results for July and seven months of 2017.

AVTOVAZ sold 26,502 cars in the Russian market in July, which is more by 22% than a year ago.

The Russian market of LCV, which showed double-digit growth in the first half, nevertheless remained on the sixth place of the European rating.

The Company "MMC Rus" announced the prices for the compact crossover Mitsubishi AXX, which is returned updated to the Russian market. The cars of the 2018 model year will be available in three configurations.

Honda intends to resume Russian sales of Civic and Accord models. This is due to the projected growth in the market of new cars in Russia, reported the sources from the WardsAuto newspaper.

The compact crossover Hyundai Creta is still the best seller in the SUV segment in the Russian market in July, by keeping the leadership exactly for a year. Last month, the sales of this model were 3202 cars.

KIA Rio again became the best-selling model in Russia in July, by taking this title from the best seller in June - LADA Granta.

- Significant nominal sales growth: +9.6% to 5,098 million euros, good organic growth +2.2% - Double-digit increase in operating profit*: +11.0% to 909 million euros - Further EBIT margin* improvement: +20 basis points to 17.8%