KSB Group reported consolidated earnings results for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. For the period, the company's sales revenue was €1,634.5 million against €1,624.3 million a year ago. In the first three quarters of the year, consolidated earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) were significantly lower compared with the same period of the previous year.

The company reaffirmed its revised forecast for the current financial year, as outlined in the half-year financial report. The proportion of project orders with longer delivery times means that the growth in order intake will not be immediately reflected in sales revenue, which will rise only moderately year on year as a result of adverse currency translation effects. Consolidated earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) are expected to be considerably lower than in the previous year due to these currency translation effects, the global economic risks and the aforementioned provisions for a project in the UK.