Bertrandt still on a growth course
Monday, 11 February 2008
Revenues and earnings up in the first quarter of fiscal 2007/2008

The Bertrandt Group has continued its dynamic performance in fiscal 2007/2008. In the first quarter of fiscal 2007/2008, Bertrandt, an engineering partner and provider of development services to the international automotive and aircraft industry, generated revenues of EUR 96.0 million, an increase of 27.4 percent over the same period one year earlier. At EUR 10.4 million, EBIT was up 78.4 percent year on year.

Growth in all areas throughout the entire Group
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“The market for engineering services offers operators with an end-to-end range of services and an understanding of underlying systems good opportunities in both the automotive and the aircraft industries,” says CEO Dietmar Bichler, explaining the Group’s across-the-board growth in all divisions in the first quarter of 2007/2008. For instance, revenues in the first three months of the current fiscal year rose by 27.4 percent to EUR 96.0 million (previous year EUR 75.3 million), with EBIT surging by 78.4 percent to EUR 10.4 million (previous year EUR 5.8 million).

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the effects of the subprime crisis on the global economy, Bichler believes that the European automotive  industry will continue to perform well and, on this basis, also sees future potential for Bertrandt. “Greater model diversity and the use of new technologies will lead to additional spending on development work which external partners can help manufacturers and system suppliers to cope with."  

Creation of further jobs in Europe
Group-wide, Bertrandt employed 5,013 people on 31 December 2007 (4,708 on 30 September 2007). Dietmar Bichler considers their skills and expertise to constitute a major factor in the Company’s success. “With our qualified engineers and technicians, we plan to continue to take advantage of opportunities for growth in the future,” he states. At the moment, Bertrandt has numerous positions available for specialists and those just starting their careers along the entire product-development process chain, details of which can be found at www.bertrandt.com.


Bertrandt's consolidated IAS-based
financials
  

01.10.07-
31.12.07
01.10.06-
31.12.06
Revenues (EUR mn) 95.965 75.309
EBIT (EUR mn) 10.371 5.812
Net profit after insome tax (EUR mn)        7.292 3.447
Free cash flow (EUR mn) 13.833 8.738
Capital spending (EUR mn) 5.480 3.148
Equity ratio (%) 46,2 47,3
No. of employees worldwide 5,013 3,790