In the 2015 revenues of group RINA has grown of +14%


the Italian society of classification and certification RINA has concluded the exercise anniversary 2015 with revenues revenues pairs to 378 million euros and an EBITDA rectified of approximately 44 million euros, with increments respective of +14% and +16% on the exercise anniversary precedence.

In occasion of the today's approval of the consolidated financial statement from the assembly, the company has announced that last year the field of the Energy "has been distinguished in meaningful way with an organic increase of 12% and inorganic of 11% thanks to the acquisition of the American QIC Inc. and of the Seatech Italian and to the obtained international development, in particular, in some areas like the America north, the Middle East and that of the Sea Caspian".

"Also the Shipping - it has specified the Italian group - has recorded a +13%, thanks to the ability to pick opportunity in a market in strong development. RINA Services, the society of the group to which the activities of naval classification and certification are under responsibility, has closed 2015 carrying the fleet in class RINA to 5.424 units (for total 35 million tons of tonnage) and introducing orderbook pairs to 625 ships (for a total of 6.5 million tons of tonnage). Confirmed also the supremacy in the classification of the fleeting ferries and ro-ro loaded and the leadership in the field with the ships from cruise, he is in terms of fleet in classified exercise is in the orderbook of new constructions. Between these, in fact - it has specified the company - beyond two million tons of tonnage in the ships from cruise, between which it detaches the supremacy of the first ships from cruise to the world to being entirely fed to GNL, let alone most able in terms of transportable passengers never realized".

"an optimal performance - it has still explained the RINA - has been that of the field legacy to the services of sustainabilities, atmosphere and climatic change that have seen an increase of 91%. The fields of the Business Assurance (+2% are maintained online with the year precedence) and of the Transports and Infrastructures. Always in this direction, the agricultural and food- field (that it has recorded a +2%) has seen Agroqualità, society of the RINA and Italian the Camerale System, to on a national level work in various withins, confirming itself the first agency in the south Italy and the second in the field of restricted certification (DOP and IGP). In the 2015 activity of the RINA dedicated to the research & development it has reached 333 thousand hours, while that dedicated to the formation has exceeded 129 thousand hours".

"Sul forehead of the engineering, whose activities are carried out in prevalence gives Of Appolonia (society to 100% of RINA) - it has continued moreover the group - 2015 has seen an increase of 4% yields of the consolidation of the activities and the foreign development with a turnover that has reached 54% of the total revenues. Of Appolonia it has continued to pursue objectives of diversification of own activities is in geographic areas already garrisoned which Mozambique and India are in other new like the Ghana, graces also to the meaningful potenziamento of the pocketbook services and own commercial structure, as well as at the opening of new offices. Also Centro Sviluppo Materiali (CSM), controlled of the RINA from 2014, has put in existence an important organizational revolution that he has seen to pass it from mere research center to center of service for the industry, confirming themselves leader in the study of the materials in the field of the steel and asserting as point of reference for the thematic ones tied to industry 4,0 and for those inherent ones to the additive manufacture".

"the results obtained in 2015 - it has commented the president and managing director of the group, Ugo Salerno - confirm the correctness of the strategy undertaken from the RINA already some year make: to invest on new geographic areas and the excellence of the resources. In fact, it is thanks to the specialization of the competences that the group has been able to obtain contracts in prestigious plans like that with Saipem-Azfen for gas pipeline SCTX, that it will transport the gas from Azerbaijan to the Georgia, and that with Meyer Werft and Carnival for the ships of fed to LNG. It is this same strategy that has guided the acquisition of the Edif group. The reputation of the society on the markets of the energy, the transports, the defense, the industry and infrastructures will allow us to ulteriorly deepen and to widen our competences. ERA, for the ingegneristica advising, and NDE, for the activities of test, inspection and certification are two marks asserted in the respective fields and thanks to the complementary character of the services offered from our groups, integration will translate in a wider geographic cover and immediate advantages and synergies for both".