ABB clearly has archived item the second trimester with a profit of 588 million dollars (- 8%)



In according to trimester of this year Helvetic group ABB, leader in the technologies for the energy and the automation, it has recorded a profit clearly of 588 million dollars on revenues for 9,16 billion dollars, with bendings respective of the -8% and the -10% on the correspondent period of 2014. The Swiss group has specified that to unchanged changes the volume of transactions has totaled an increment of +3% on the period April-june last year. Operational the EBITA is piled to 1,06 billion dollars (- 3%; +8% to unchanged changes).

In according to trimester of the 2015 group it has confiscated new total orders for 9,0 billion dollars, with a decrease of the -15% on the same period of 2014 (- 4% to unchanged changes). The value of orderbook on 30 June the era of 26,0 billion euros, the -3,9% in less regarding on June 30, 2014.

"As attended - the managing director of ABB, Ulrich Spiesshofer has commented - the evolution of our orders he reflects a more difficult situation of market and the weakening of the question in the field oil & gas, China and the United States and a comparazione with turned out consisting of according to trimester last year". "We expect - it has continued Spiesshorfer referring to the future perspectives - to continue to navigate in difficult waters, but the performance of our strategy Next Level will allow to maintain us the route".

ABB has closed entire the first semester of 2015 with a profit clearly of 1,15 billion dollars, in bending of the -2% regarding 1,18 billion dollars in the first six months last year. The revenues have been attested to 17,7 billion dollars (- 10%; +3% to unchanged changes). The operating result has been pairs to 2,0 billion dollars (- 6%; +7% to unchanged changes). In the first six months of this year the new orders collected from ABB have been pairs to 19,4 billion dollars (- 7%; +6% to constant changes).

Regarding Italy, ABB has closed the first semester with orders and revenues that have been attested respective to 1.281 million euros and to 1.238 million euros, in increase of +13% and of +6% regarding the same period of the year precedence. ""We close - it has emphasized Mario Corsi, managing director of ABB Spa - a good semester 2015 as they demonstrate the relative data to ordered and turnover that maintain in increase is on the domestic market that on that international one. In still uncertain an macroeconomic scene, we continue to invest, to innovate and to create value in our Country, thanks to the excellence of our units. It testifies the recent inauguration of the situated renewed one of Ossuccio (Como), specialized in the development and the production of transmitters of pressure for the industrial field, than work as excellence center world-wise: a true jewel of innovation and technology. To May we have cut to the tape also of new Smart Lab of Dalmine, structure dedicated to the experimentation, the search and the demonstration of innovative technologies for the smart grid".

Course has evidenced also the positive experience of the participation to universal exposure EXPO Milan 2015 where robots ABB inside collect smash hit of the Supermarket of the Future. Course has found that the sponsorship of EXPO for the automation and the robotics by ABB is offering the opportunity of giving to wide visibility to the contribution offered from the group to the competitiveness of the Italy System, thanks to applied the solutions tied to the automation, as well as in energetic and infrastructural within, also to the industrial context and the row of the food and beverage, topic to the center of the debate of EXPO 2015.