Nacka,
"The overall demand for our products and solutions remained high and the order intake increased significantly year on year", said
Orders received in the third quarter grew to MSEK 33 023 (24 246), an organic growth of 36%. Revenues increased 12% to MSEK 27 824 (24 849), an organic growth of 12%. Operating profit increased 26% to MSEK 6 000 (4 760), corresponding to a margin of 21.6% (19.2). Adjusted operating profit, excluding items affecting comparability, was MSEK 6 109 (5 021), corresponding to a margin of 22.0% (20.2). Return on capital employed was 27% (24).
Compared with last quarter, the strong order increase for vacuum equipment to the semiconductor industry was offset by a decreased order intake for industrial and portable compressors, industrial tools and assembly solutions, and industrial vacuum equipment. Order volumes for the service business remained unchanged compared to the previous quarter.
"We have seen continued sequential order growth in some customer segments, but the overall order volumes for the Group did not increase compared to the previous quarter", said
Looking ahead, in the near-term,
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