ABB records an sensitive increase of the operating result and the orders



In the third trimester of this year group ABB has increased considerably the pocketbook of the orders and the economic performances. The period has been archived item with a profit clearly of 790 million dollars on revenues for 9.337 million dollars, with increases respective of 2% and 18% on the third trimester of 2010. The operating profit has recorded a progression of 24% having attested itself to 1.580 million dollars. Consisting also increase (+20%) of the new orders that are piled to 9.826 million dollars regarding 8.197 million dollars in the period July-september last year. The value of orderbook on 30 September the era of 28.492 million dollars, in increase of 7% regarding 26.593 million dollars on September 30, 2010.

"This - the managing director of ABB, Joe Hogan has commented - has been a positive trimester, in the course of which we have continued to operate well. Our efforts for the control of the costs have once again more than compensated the pressure on the prices in the energetic field and have continued to feeding the pocketbook orders, that it will support the increase in the next trimesters. The increase of our activities in the segment early-cycle - it has specified Hogan - quickly has a slow down in this trimester, partially regarding our rates of growth extremely elevated of a year it makes and partially for the weakening of the question in some industrial fields".

In the first nine months of the 2011 Helvetic group it has totaled a profit clearly of 2.338 million dollars on revenues for 27.419 million dollars, with increases of 26% and 22% on the period January-september last year. The operating profit has been of 4.446 million dollars (+27%). The new orders are piled to 30.050 million dollars, in increase of 26% regarding 23.929 million dollars in the first nine months of 2010.

In the first nine months of this year branch ABB Italy has recorded revenues for 1.951 million euros, with an increase of 11% regarding the same period of 2010. The orders have been attested to 1.803 million euros (+5%). The profit - it has specified the Italian company - is stable: the percentage of export on the revenues is of concentrated 55% in prevalence in the remainder of Europe and the Middle Eastern Countries. "The results of these first nine months - it has declared Barbara Frei, country manager and managing director of ABB Spa - confirm the positive course already recorded in the first semester of this year. Between the markets that are hauling our increase in 2011, I signal those of navy, the robotics, the service and the renewable ones. In particular I want to remember the contract for the supply of integrated systems of automation with technology Symphony Plus for the hydroelectric complex of Aswan, in Egypt, than for Italy it has a value of 12 million euros".

About the future perspectives of the group, the CEO of ABB, Joe Hogan has evidenced that "the uncertainty that weighs on the world-wide increase to be profitable difficult to formulate forecasts. However - it has added - on the base of the recent developments and online with the slow down of the economic increase we preview that the increase of the orders in many of our activities early-cycle will remain next to the current levels until when it increases the confidence about the macroeconomic perspectives. The world needs to obtain more from its energetic and industrial resources reducing meanwhile the environmental impact. With its technology to the vanguard, its total presence and its solid patrimonial state, ABB is in optimal position in order to help its customers to face this challenge".

While yesterday in the port of Savona, on board of the Costa Luminosa cruise ship berthed near the Palacrociere, a presentation has held to prints of ABB Italy from the title "Innovation and solutions ABB for energy efficiency applied to the naval field", which have participated to Costa Crociere and ABB representatives of, that ship is centralized on the topic of the innovation and energy efficiency on board and that has been concluded with a visit of Costa Luminosa, that has entered to take part of the fleet of the company to half 2009.

The development of the innovation in the naval field in the last few decades is illustrated by Daniele Patuelli, in charge of local the business unit Turbocharging and Marine & Cranes of ABB, that it has emphasized as the section "has had to face radical changes in order more and more to approach to its offer requirements tightening by a careful market and demanding". "From a part - it has explained - expectations of comfort, quality of the service, safety and reduction of the environmental impact, from the other the necessity to optimize the operativity and the consumption. These elements have guided and guide setting up of technologies in a position to improving the performances of a ship are while browsing that during the pause in port".

Vincenzo Galati, ship superintendent of Costa Crociere, has described energy efficiency on board of the fleet of the company, while Flavio Beretta, coordinator of the team Energy efficiency of ABB Italy, has described the global approach of the company to energy efficiency: "for ABB - Beretta has said - to speak about energy efficiency he means to at stake face a process in its thoroughness, putting ingegneristiche and managerial methodologies that afford to characterize in systematic way the areas of improvement, the applicable solutions and the waited for benefits. To support of this approach, a platform online in a position to guiding the companies in a groundbreaking analysis".