Sprue Aegis PLC provides earnings guidance for the six months ended 30 June 2017. Sprue has made a positive start to the year and for first half expects to report sales of approximately £26.0 million compared to £25.9 million a year ago, and operating profit of approximately £1.5 million compared to operating loss of £0.9 million before share based payments charge a year ago. The strong return to profitability has been achieved through a significant improvement in gross margin and a net reduction in overheads.