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Konecranes closes the first trimester 2013 with new orders record for 582,5 million euros
Down the economic performances of the Finnish company
April 24, 2013
In the first three months of the 2013 producer of crane and means of Konecranes raising it has recorded a pull-up of the new orders, that they have totaled a value record, while the economic performances achieved by the Finnish company in the period have turned out inferior regarding the first trimester last year against an increment of 5% of the volume of transactions.
Konecranes has archived item the first trimester of 2013 with revenues for 495,9 million euros regarding 474,0 million euros in the first three months of 2012. The operating result is piled to 18,8 million euros (- 21.7%), the profit before taxes to 15,5 million euros (- 24.4%) and the profit clearly to 10,9 million euros (- 24.3%).
In the period January-March of this year the group has confiscated new orders for a total of 582,5 million euros (+9.0%) and the value of the pocketbook orders on 31 March has been attested to 1.084, 0 million euros regarding 1.075, 6 million euros on March 31, 2012. The single orders for equipments and means obtained in the first trimester of the 2013 have been attested to 423,2 million euros (+13.7%), while the orders for service activity are piled to 186,0 million euros (- 0.9%).
"We are happy - it has commented the president and managing director of Konecranes, Pekka Lundmark - for having recorded an historical maximum of the acquired orders in the first trimester of 2013. The order from the harbour operator Indonesian Pelindo III, recorded in February and of the value of beyond 100 million euros ( on March 4, 2013, ndr), it is also more consisting the single order in the history of our company. The orders for industrial cranes and members a little have been resumed regarding the low level of the last trimester of 2012 and moreover the increase of the service contract base is accelerated. On the whole it has been a good trimester for ours orderbook".
For the future, Konecranes previews that the question of the customers of the industrial field will remain stable or endure an light increase, while it considers that the coming question from the customers of the harbour section will remain unchanged.
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In the first three months of the 2013 producer of crane and means of Konecranes raising it has recorded a pull-up of the new orders, that they have totaled a value record, while the economic performances achieved by the Finnish company in the period have turned out inferior regarding the first trimester last year against an increment of 5% of the volume of transactions.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
