In third trimester ABB it has recorded a bending of the economic results and an sensitive increase of the orders



In the third trimester of this year Helvetic group ABB, than work in the field of the technologies for the energy and the automation, has totaled a profit clearly of 734 million dollars on revenues for 9,82 billion dollars, with bendings respective of the -12% and the -7% on the period July-september of 2013. EBIT and EBITDA have been attested to 1,22 billion dollars (- 8%) and 1,42 billion dollars (- 13%). If the economic results have recorded a contraction, the new acquired orders from the group in the third trimester of the 2014 instead are considerably increased being are pairs to 11,22 billion dollars, in increase of +24% regarding 9,09 billion dollars in the correspondent period last year. The value of orderbook on 30 September the era of 27,00 billion dollars regarding 27,45 billion dollars on September 30, 2013.

In the first nine months of the 2014 ABB it has recorded a profit clearly of 1,91 billion dollars on revenues for 29,48 billion dollars, with decreases respective of the -15% and the -3% on the period January-september last year. EBIT and EBITDA have been pairs to 3,13 billion dollars (- 12%) and 4,02 billion dollars (- 14%). In the first nine months of this year the new acquired orders from the Swiss group have been pairs to 32,15 billion dollars (+11%).

In Italy group ABB has archived item the first nine months of 2014 with orders pairs to 1,87 billion euros, with an increase of +30% on the same period of 2013. ABB Italy has specified that the increase of the tidy one, to clearly of the effect of recent acquisitions, has been attested to +14%. The revenues are pairs to 1,75 billion euros (+14%). About the division of the volume of transactions, ABB Italy has explained that the percentage of export is still increased on the revenues reached 68% against 64% of the same period of last year, oriented above all towards the markets of Europe and Africa and Middle East. The service activities, that they represent 12% of the ordered one, have recorded an increment of +3% regarding the same period of the year precedence, sign - it has found the ABB branch Italian - of a focalization of the enterprises in the optimization of the productive assets and the existing processes. "Confirmation - Matteo Marini has commented, managing director of ABB Spa - an increase also in the first nine months of the year for effect of an increment is of the great orders that of the base business. We maintain a high level of attention on our markets, in particular on those international ones on which we continue to consolidate our presence. They testify the meaningful increase of the percentage of export regarding the first nine months of a 2013 and order from 216 million dollars in Tunisia adjudicated from OMV Tunisie Production GmbH, a subsidiary one of energetic group Austrian OMV, for the realization of a treatment system gas for the South Tunisian Gas Project realized from the Italian unit of engineering oil & gas of ABB Spa in consortium with Canadian society TDE Ltd. Online with the new strategy Next Level, launch to total level at the beginning of september - it has concluded Marine - we intend to accelerate the creation of value tied to the offer for the energy and the automation heading to a strengthening of our position in growth potential high segments which the utilities, the industry, the transports and the infrastructures that we consider strategic".