Half-year figures point to sustained growth

Kontron is raising its sales and earnings forecast in connection with the announcement of its semi-annual figures.

Kontron is raising its sales and earnings forecast in connection with the announcement of its semi-annual figures.

With regard to the 2006 business year, the TecDAX-listed corporation is expecting revenue gains of 15% over the previous year (Eur 300 million) to Eur 345 million.

A 15% increase is also expected with regard to the operating result (EBIT).

At the beginning of the year Kontron had announced an expected 10% rise in revenues and EBIT.

In the second quarter of the ongoing businesses year the company generated sales of Eur 93.3 million over Eur 71.2 million in the prior year period.

This represents a gain of 31%.

In the first half of 2006 Kontron generated total revenues of Eur 179.9 million over Eur 133.5 million in the same period last year.

Strong gains were also achieved in earnings.

With EBIT standing at Eur 6.7 million in the second quarter, Kontron exceeded the performance of the prior year period by 36% (Eur 4.9 million).

The total operating result of the first six months of 2006 comes in at Eur 11.8 million by comparison with Eur 8.4 million in the previous year.

Accordingly, surplus for the period was up from Eur 6.2 million in the first half of 2005 to Eur 8 million in the first half of 2006 (of which Eur 4.6 million were generated in the second quarter).

Order intake and the level of orders at hand outpaced the dynamic developments in revenues and earnings.

In the first half of 2006, incoming orders amounted to a total of Eur 238 million (prior year period: Eur 162 million).

This has pushed the volume of orders at hand to the record mark of Eur 207 million by comparison with Eur 128 in the past year.

The volume of design wins significant for medium and long-term company development also showed a strong rise in the first half of the year and advanced to Eur 110 million (prior year period: Eur 87.4 million).

This volume points to sustained growth over the next years.

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