After its strong recovery over the past couple of years, Bull SA has suffered something of a fall from grace in the first quarter of 1987 with consolidated turnover off 16.2% at $500m, due to sales crashing 32.3% to $220m and rentals up only 3% to $282m: the firms blames softness in French order rates towards the end of 1986 and uncertainty over its acquisition with NEC of Honeywell Information Systems.
