Berkshire Hathaway buys remaining stake in Iscar as earnings soar in first half of 2013

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BHI) reported net earnings attributable to Berkshire shareholders of $9.433 billion in the first half of 2013, a 48% increase compared with the same period last year. BHI owns a number of diverse businesses including insurance, freight rail transportation, utilities and energy, finance, services and retailing, and manufacturing. The manufacturing arm of the company includes IMC International Metalworking Companies (Iscar), an industry leader in the field of cemented carbide (hardmetal) metal cutting tools. BHI chairman is billionaire Warren E Buffet with Charles T Munger acting as vice-chairman.
Investment in the cemented carbide sector

Warren Buffett made the decision to invest in the metal cutting tool sector seven years ago when BHI bought 80% of IMC (Iscar) for around $5 billion from the Wertheimer family which founded the business in Israel 60 years ago. It was the first acquisition by BHI outside of the United States. The Israeli carbide producer based in Tefen, northern Israel, soon made positive contributions to BHI financial results. Although IMC is not obliged to make public its financial results, it is estimated to have achieved sales of more than $3 billion in 2011 with profits close to $1 billion, more than twice what they were in 2005.

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