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Last year the revenues of the society of classification and Italian certification RINA have grown of +13%
Acquired the American QIC that work in the field of the inspections, tests and certifications turned to the field Oil & Gas
May 14, 2015
The consolidated financial statement of the society of classification and RINA Spa certification, approved of today from the assembly of the shareholders, anticipates revenues pairs to 333 million euros, with an increment of +13% regarding 294 million euros in 2013, and an EBITDA rectified that it is attested around 37,7 million euros (+1.3%).
RINA has announced that in the 2014 field of the Energy Centro Sviluppo Materiali has distinguished itself in meaningful way recording an increase of +23% thanks to the consolidation of new the acquired CSM () and to the obtained international development, in particular, in some Countries as Indonesia and Brazil. In increase also Shipping (+5%): RINA Services, the society of the group to which the activities of naval classification and certification are under responsibility, has closed 2014 carrying the fleet in class RINA to 5.166 total units for 34 million tons of tonnage and introducing orderbook pairs to 680 ships for a total of 4,6 million tsl. The company has emphasized that they are confirmed also the supremacy in the classification of the fleeting ferries and ro-ro loaded and the leadership in the field with the cruise ships, is in terms of fleet in classified exercise is in the orderbook of new constructions.
Moreover the fields of the Business Assurance (+3.5%) and of the Transports and Infrastructures (+20%) have increased the good results of the year precedence, although - it has specified the RINA - the not easy economic scene that, also because of the low cost of the oil, has seen the block of various infrastructural works.
In the 2014 activity of the RINA dedicated to the research & development it has reached 246 thousand hours, while that dedicated to the formation has exceeded 94 thousand hours.
RINA has communicated moreover that on the front of the engineering, whose activities are carried out in prevalence they give Of Appolonia (society to 100% of the RINA), 2014 have seen a substantial increase of 7% yield of the consolidation of the activities and the foreign development with a turnover that has reached 102 million euros. Of Appolonia it has continued to pursue objectives of diversification of own activities is in geographic areas already garrisoned is in other new which Mozambique, India, Uruguay, the United States, graces also to the meaningful potenziamento of the pocketbook services and own commercial structure.
In the 2014 group it has continued also the strategy of increase for outside lines that, after the acquisition of Centro Sviluppo Materiali, truth of European excellence in the search on the materials and the application technologies, has carried to incorporate an agricultural and food- laboratory of analysis to Tunisi (Lab 21), an accounting firm in Brazil (Bracert) and one that carries out marine activities of surveillance in Canada (Hayes Stuart).
"2014 - the president has commented and managing director of the Italian group, Ugo Salerno - have been an important year for the RINA, we have not only picked business opportunity all over the world as those which they have seen protagonists to us in Egypt and Turkmenistan, but also we have known to value the coming signs of resumption from various fields as the Shipping, in particular in the cruises".
While also in the 2015 group it is getting ahead acquisitions in the international field. The RINA has in fact acquired in these days, through its controlled RINA the USA Inc., 100% of QIC Inc., societies leader in America in the field of the inspections, tests and certifications turned to the field Oil & Gas. QIC, with center to Houston (and offices in Scotland, Malaysia and Singapore), will maintain own brand and will operate as a society of the group, strengthening some the presence in the United States. The American society counts beyond 60 dependent and in 2014 it has recorded a turnover about 12 million dollars.
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