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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

In 2007, the Business Area developed very favorably. Sales amounted to 910. 0MEUR (2006: 467.9 MEUR), with all Divisions of the Business Area – Large Hydro, Hydro Service, Compact Hydro, Pumps, and Generator Turbo – showing a very solid Sales development. EBITA of the Business Area in 2007 was 49.5 MEUR (2006: 25.1 MEUR). Profitability (EBITA margin) developed as expected and amounted to 5.4% (2006: 5.4%).

Order Intake of the Business Area developed very favorably in 2007, increasing to 1,216.1 MEUR(2006: 585.4 MEUR). All Divisions of the Business Area showed a very satisfactory development.  

On September 29, 2007, Andritz VA TECH HYDRO celebrated the delivery of the 500^th turbo generator for gas turbines from its workshops in Weiz, Austria to General Electric (GE). This marks an important milestone in the very successful business relationship with GE since the early 1990s.  

At Aschach power station on the Danube, which is operated by VERBUND-Austrian Hydro Power (AHP), the implementation phase of the machine renewal project is currently taking place. Reconstruction of the first of a total of four machine sets was successfully completed at the end of March 2007. Work on the second machine set commenced during the Third Quarter of 2007.

In 2006, Salzburg AG had entrusted Andritz VA TECH HYDRO with the contract for delivery of a pumped storage unit supplying 75 MVA for the underground power station at Hintermuhr. In 2007, the overspeed tests of the generator rotor were held successfully. At a runaway speed of 1,492 revolutions per minute, the rotor is subject to forces equivalent to up to 3,000 times the acceleration due to gravity. Andritz VA TECH HYDRO has proved once again that it can ensure high quality even near material stress limits.

Based on its analysis of the Sub-Saharan Africa power plant market, Frost & Sullivan, the world leader in technology and market research for various industries, has conferred the ‘2007 Africa Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Satisfaction Leadership in Hydro Turbine Service’ to Andritz VA TECH HYDRO for achieving the highest levels of customer satisfaction in hydro turbine services. Frost & Sullivan has interviewed plant managers, who ranked Andritz VA TECH HYDRO as the leading provider in terms of quality of work, technical knowledge, pricing, and delivery times. According to Frost & Sullivan, Andritz VA TECH HYDRO is the leader in hydropower generation and refurbishment services in Sub-Saharan Africa.