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In the first three months of the 2018 new orders to group ABB they have grown of +16.3%
The period has been archived item with a profit clearly of 600 million dollars (- 20.8%)
April 19, 2018
In the first three months of this year the value of the new acquired orders from Helvetic group ABB considerably has grown attesting itself to 9,8 billion dollars, with an increment of +16.3% regarding 8,4 billion dollars in the first trimester of 2017. The Swiss company, that it develops produced and systems in the fields of the electrification, the robotics, the control of movement and the industrial automation to service of the utilities, the industries and the customers of the fields of the transports and infrastructures, has specified that the increase of the value of the new orders taking into consideration the effect of local currencies relatively to the realized acquisitions and cessions is pairs to +6%. ABB has specified moreover that the value adjusted of the new orders relative to the services, that represents 19% of the total, is gone up of +8% (+15% in dollars).
The new acquired orders from the group in Europe have recorded a bending of -3% (+15% in dollars), those confiscated in America have turned out stable (+1% in dollars), while the acquired orders in Asia, Middle East and Africa are increased of +20% (+30% in dollars).
In the first three months of this year the orders base (of inferior value to 15 million dollars) acquired from the group are piled almost 8,8 billion dollars, with an increase of +5% (+15% in dollars), with an increase of +2% in Europe (in Italy +15%), an increment of +1% in the Americas and a +12% in Asia, Middle East and Africa.
Al 31 last March the value of the orderbook has turned out pairs to 23,7 billion dollars, in increase of +2.8% regarding on March 31, 2017 (- 3% included the effect of currencies).
In the first trimester of the 2018 ABB it has recorded revenues pairs to 8,6 billion dollars (+9.8%, +1% included the effect of currencies), an operating profit of 895 million dollars (- 12.5%) and a profit clearly of 600 million dollars (- 20.8%).
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