Business development
In 2006, the Business Area’s Sales amounted to 450.5 MEUR, which is a strong increase of 63.3% compared to 2005 (275.9 MEUR). As a result of higher Sales and successful order execution for some projects, EBITA and profitability also developed very positively. At 30.6 MEUR in 2006, EBITA was 92.5% higher than in 2005 (15.9 MEUR). EBITA margin surged to 6.8% (2005: 5.8%).
Order Intake in 2006 reached 401.9 MEUR, down 9.6% compared to the exceptionally high level of 2005 (444.8 MEUR), which was influenced by the receipt of some very large orders from China.