Starter battery maker Monbat (

) generated 10.398 mln leva sales in June 2008, up by 10.97% compared to the corresponding month of 2007. The company posted 93.484 mln leva revenue in the first six months of the year, up by 83.33% on annual basis.

The management board of the company had forecast 38 mln leva sales revenue in the second quarter of the year and 93.393 mln leva sales revenue for the first half.

Monbat posted 1.636 mln leva profit in June, up by 16.27% year on year. The company booked 15.343 mln leva profit for the first six months of the year, a 124.80-percent year on year increase.

The management board of the company had forecasts 4.5 mln leva pretax profit for the second quarter of the year and 14.565 mln leva pre-tax profit for the first half.