Konecranes archivia an optimal only vintage year with the new ones of the fourth trimester



The Finnish group Konecranes, specialized in the means production of handling for various fields of the industry, between which those of shipbuilding the naval one, of the harbour ports and terminals, it has archived item 2012 with very positive economic results. "In a scene of market in which the uncertainty and the hesitation to assume decisions they have become the norm - it has confirmed the president and managing director of the company, Pekka Lundmark - an increase of 14% of the turnover to the new level record of 2.170 million euros constitutes an optimal result. The operating profit before the restructure costs is gone up of 18% to 138 million euros and the profit per.share of 38% to 1,46 euros". In the 2012 operating profit included the restructure costs it is piled to 132,1 million euros (+23.6% on the 2011) and profit clearly to 84,7 million euros (+30.4%).

Last year Konecranes has confiscated new orders for a total of 1.970, 1 million euros (+3.9%) and the value of the orderbook on 31 December has been attested to 942,7 million euros, down of 4.9% on on December 31, 2011.

If, altogether, the results of the entire exercise anniversary 2012 are more than comforting, it they are less that relative to the solo fourth trimester of the year, period in which the increase of the turnover it has recorded an attenuation. The volume of transactions in fact is piled to 605,1 million euros, with an increase of 1.2% on the fourth trimester of 2011. The operating profit (included the restructure costs) has recorded a bending of 2.1% having come down to 36,4 million euros and the profit clearly is diminished of 2.9% to 22,3 million euros. In the period October-December of the 2012 group it has obtained new orders for a value of 423,8 million euros, figure that is inferior of 10.6% regarding that achieved in the same period of 2011.

Lundmark has emphasized the difficulty to formulate forecasts for the next months: "to preview the evolution of the question - it has explained - very rarely it has been so difficult as is now. In our relation of the third trimester we had found that, after a first semester of remarkable activity, there were signs of weakening of the question. This also has been evidenced in the fourth trimester with an light slow down of the orders. However - it has added Lundmark - the number of new opportunities on our I walk is still remarkable and in fact in some sections it is in some grown measure. This means that now we are a little more optimists about the question in the short term regarding how much it we were after the third trimester last year".