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In according to trimester of this year volume of transactions of the Wärstilä group it has grown of 6%
New orders in increase of 2%. Supply of four scrubber for two new ships of Royal Caribbean
July 18, 2012
The group Wärstilä Corporation has closed the first semester of 2012 with a profit before taxes of 192 million euros on revenues for 2.104 million euros, with decreases respective of 11.2% and 0.7% on totaled 215 million and 2.119 million euros in the first half last year. The operating profit is dropped of 6.5% to 215 million euros. The single division Ship Power, than takes care mainly of systems of naval propulsion, has produced revenues for 536 million euros (+3.7%)
In the second solo trimester of this year the revenues of the Finnish group are increased altogether of 6.1% attesting itself to 1.099 million euros (of which 298 million euros generated from the division Ship Power, +33.6%) regarding 1.036 million euros in the period April-june of 2011. The operating profit has recorded a bending of 3.4% to 113 million euros and the profit before the taxes is dropped of 9.3% to 98 million euros.
"According to trimester - it has commented the president and managing director of the group, Björn Rosengren - it has marked a remarkable increase for Wärstilä. Our turnover clearly is increased of 6% and our profit has been of 10.3%". Rosengren has been declared particularly pleased of the sensitive increase of the results generated from the segment Specialised Vessel of the division Ship Power, than - it has found - it has acquired also orders of relief in the fields of the pumps, the gas and the systems for the atmosphere.
In the first six months of the 2012 Wärstilä it has acquired new orders for a value pairs to 2.308 million euros, with an increase of 7.4% on the same period last year. The value of orderbook of the group on June 30, 2012 the era of 4.515 million euros regarding 3.779 million euros on June 30, 2011 (+19.5%). In the second solo trimester of this year the group has confiscated new orders for 1.198 million euros (+2.4%).
The division Ship Power has finished to the first semester of this year with a pocketbook orders of 2.187 million euros (+24.7%). In the period January-june of the 2012 division has acquired new orders for 723 million euros (+50.9%), of which 447 million euros in the single period April-june (+46.1%).
The Finnish group previews to record the entire exercise clearly anniversary 2012 with an increase of the 5-10% of the turnover and with an increment of the 10-11% of the operating result.
While Wärstilä, through the Hamworthy branch, has signed an agreement with the Meyer Werft ship yard for the supply of four systems of purification with scrubber for the discouragement of the polluting ones in the smoke under construction installing on two cruise ships of class "Sunshine" in the German navalmeccanico plant on behalf of the crocieristico group American Royal Caribbean International. The two ships will be completed in the autumn of 2014 and the spring of the 215. Both will have an ability to 4.100 passengers.
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