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Asslar, 14.11.05: The PVA TePla Group achieved a substantial improvement in Group revenues to € 36.3 million in the first nine months of 2005, compared to € 30.7 million in Q1-3/2004, thus affirming the encouraging progress noted the previous quarter. The Vacuum Systems division again accounted for the
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Asslar, 14.11.05: The PVA TePla Group achieved a substantial improvement in
Group revenues to € 36.3 million in the first nine months of 2005, compared
to € 30.7 million in Q1-3/2004, thus affirming the encouraging progress
noted the previous quarter. The Vacuum Systems division again accounted for
the major share of Group revenues, or € 24.3 million, exceeding the
Q1-Q3/2004 figure (€ 17.1 million) by 42%.
The gross profit for the year to date, at € 8.6 million, is slightly lower
than the prior-year figure (€ 8.8 million). The difference is mainly due to
lower sales volume in the high-margin Plasma Systems division.
Improved cost structures within the Group have resulted in a positive
operating result of € 0.4 million (prior year: € –0.7 million). The third
quarter returned the best quarterly result of the 2005 business year, at €
0.5 million (Q3/2004: € 0.5 million), and an EBIT margin of 3.6%.
Incoming orders as at the end of September, at € 43.9 million compared to €
41.7 million a year before, were likewise encouraging, as is a book-to-bill
ratio of 1.2. The order backlog actually reached a new record of € 27.7
million (prior year. € 22.0 million). Of the € 20.0 million in orders
received in the third quarter (Q3/2004: € 15.6 million), the Crystal
Growing Systems division accounted for € 11.3 million (Q3/2004: € 2.0
million) and hence the major share.
The Management Board remains optimistic as regards business development in
the fourth quarter, and expects the annual sales revenue figure to be
around 15% higher year-on-year. The EBIT margin forecast of 1-3% made last
quarter for the 2005 business year as a whole is confirmed by the
Management Board.
Contact: Peter Banholzer (IR Manager)
Fon: +49 (0)6441 / 5692-342
eMail: peter.banholzer@pvatepla.com
EquityStory AG 14.11.2005
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language: English
emitter: PVA TePla AG
Emmeliusstr. 33
35614 Asslar Deutschland
phone: +49 (0)89 905 03-106
fax: +49 (0)89 905 03-147
email: ir@pvatepla.com
WWW: www.pvatepla.com
ISIN: DE0007461006
WKN: 746100
indexes: CDAX, PRIMEALL, TECALLSHARE, GEX
stockmarkets: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt; Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen,
Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart
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