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		</div><p>Danish toy maker Lego has said its famous coloured building blocks were in high demand in most regions last year.</p>
<p>Today it announced a full-year revenue increase of 6% to 37.9 billion kroner (€5.1bn), the highest figure in the company&#8217;s 85-year history.</p>
<p>The privately held group&#8217;s net profit rose to 9.4 billion kroner (€1.26bn) from 9.2 billion kroner.</p>
<p>Its British chief executive Bali Padda said he was &#8220;satisfied&#8221; with Lego&#8217;s performance, adding that sales growth in the last six months of 2016 &#8220;was at more sustainable levels than previous years&#8221;.</p>
<p>The toy maker was &#8220;encouraged&#8221; by sales in Europe, saw &#8220;strong potential&#8221; in China but sales were flat in US markets.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;We will continue to work closely with our retail partners to identify new opportunities to innovate, drive growth and engage children in this important market,&#8221;</i> said Mr Padda.</p>
<p>Mr Padda took over on January 1 from Joergen Vig Knudstorp, Lego&#8217;s chief executive for the previous 12 years.</p>
<p>The Dane, who in 2004 became the first non-family member to head the group, is credited with making the company profitable again.</p>
<p>Upon stepping down as chief executive, he became the head of a new Lego entity.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Innovation is critical to our success and each year around 60% of our portfolio is new products,&#8221;</i> Mr Padda said.</p>
<p>The group said that, on the whole, about 75 billion Lego pieces were sold in 2016 in more than 140 countries.</p>
<p>The group, based in western Denmark, has more than 19,000 employees around the world.</p>
<p>It does not release quarterly figures.</p>
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