In the first trimester of the 2013 Wärtsilä group it has obtained an increment of 22% of the new orders



In the first trimester of this year the group Wärtsilä Corporation has recorded a profit before taxes of 96 million euros, with an increase of 3% regarding 93 million euros in the first three months of 2012. The revenues are diminished of 12% attesting itself to 882 million euros and the operating profit is piled to 70 million euros (- 31%). In the first three months of the 2012 Wärtsilä it has acquired new orders for 1.352 million euros (+22%) and the value of the pocketbook orders on 31 March is gone up to 4.998 million euros (+13% on on March 31, 2012).

"The beginning of 2013 - it has explained the president and managing director of the Finnish group, Björn Rosengren - has gone our expectations second. The acquisition of the orders has grown of 22% thanks to positive developments is in the field Power Plants that in that Ship Power, in particular in the offshore segment. Sul turnover clearly and on the results of the first trimester has had the impact of previewed low the level of deliveries, mainly because of the tempistica of the projects. The interest in the generation of energy from the natural gas is continued and the division Power Plants has received important orders from Jordan and of the USA. In the division Ship Power, the markets of the offshore one and the specialistic ships are continued to being consisting. The shipowning society has reached strategically important orders for the systems for purification of drainage gases (genoese Ignazio Messina & Co. it has ordered such systems for four new ships with-ro, ndr) and for total solutions for the offshore industry. There is continuous interest for agreements of service in the field of the marine transport, as evidenced from the agreement for maintenance undersigned for Viking Grace, the greatest ferry fleeting with propulsion to which liquified natural gas. Thanks to our considerable pocketbook orders and to an activity of stable service - it has concluded Rosengren - our perspectives for the 2013 remain unchanged".

In the first trimester of the 2013 single division Ship Power of the Finnish group it has confiscated new orders for a total value of 443 million euros, with an increment of 60% on the same period of 2012 and with an increase of 31% regarding the last trimester of 2012. Al 31 last March the value of the orderbook of the division that takes care of systems of naval propulsion is attested to 2.342 million euros, with an increase of 14% regarding 2.060 million euros on March 31, 2012. In the first trimester of this year the volume of transactions of the division (that it has turned out pairs to 28% of the total revenues of the group) is piled to 245 million euros, with a progression of 3% regarding revenues for 238 million euros in the first three months of 2012.

Al 31 last March the dependent number of Wärtsilä came down to 18.674 units regarding 19.073 on March 31, 2012, of which 3,529 dependent in the single division Ship Power (2,177 on March 31, 2012).