In the third quarter of this year, the growth trend in the financial results of the Konecranes, a Finnish company that produces means of lifting and handling, posted revenue of 1.0 billion euros in the period, a survey showed. increase of 13.6% in the July-September quarter of 2022. The gross operating margin amounted to 143.6 million euros (+ 22.7%), operating profit to 97.2 million (+ 6.2%) and net profit to 69.9 million euros (+ 16.5%). On the other hand, the value of the new committes, with a third quarter of 2023 percent in the course of which
new orders have been collected for a total of 852.9 million euros (-21.6%). As of September 30, the value of the order book stood at 3.3 billion euros (+ 7.5%).
In the third quarter of 2023 alone the segment of the port-use cranes produced by the group totaled revenues of 374.7 million (+ 37.1%), a gross operating margin of 31.1 million (+ 48.3%) and an operating profit of 29.4 million euros. (+ 16.9%). In this sector, new orders have accused a -49.4% percent decline as their result value of 231.6 million euros. Konecranes specified that this decrease is mainly due to the timing of customer decision making processes, in particular relatively to the most relevant projects. As of September 30, the value of the orderbook in this segment amounted to 1.8 billion euros (+ 15.5%).