Las ventas de la Corporación aumentaron un 12% con respecto a las obtenidas entre enero y marzo de 2008 hasta los 800 millones de euros. El beneficio neto alcanzó los 32 millones de euros.
Gamesa cierra el primer trimestre del año con una Deuda Financiera Neta consolidada por debajo de los niveles alcanzados en el mismo periodo del año anterior, situándose en 377 millones de euros, 0,7 veces el beneficio bruto de explotación (EBITDA).
Durante los primeros meses de 2009 se han firmado diversos contratos de suministro de aerogeneradores para diferentes mercados europeos como España, Italia y Rumania.
Entre enero y marzo, Gamesa ha vendido 814 MW, igualando los niveles de actividad del primer trimestre de 2008, el 80% de ellos en mercados internacionales.
En las regiones donde se han aprobado ambiciosos planes de estímulo y desarrollo de la energía eólica se continúa en la mejora de posicionamiento, con 700 MW de nueva capacidad operativa disponible en el año 2010.
Así, en EEUU, se sigue avanzando en el objetivo de aumentar un 30% el ritmo de producción anual hasta los 1.200 MW. En China, se ha aprobado el proyecto por el que se podrá fabricar en Tianjin hasta 400MW de la plataforma de producto Gamesa G8x-2MW.
En España, el primer prototipo del nuevo aerogenerador Gamesa G10X, de 4.5 MW de potencia unitaria, instalado en el municipio de Jaulín (Zaragoza), ha concluido su fase de puesta en marcha y, recientemente, ha vertido con éxito a la red los primeros kilowatios.
Gamesa sigue desarrollando su cartera de parques eólicos en Europa, Estados Unidos y China. Esta unidad de negocio disponía, al finalizar el mes de marzo de 2009, de más de 700 MW en últimas fases de desarrollo en parques eólicos, 400 de ellos en fase de construcción y 310 MW ya en puesta en marcha.
Gamesa es una empresa especializada en tecnologías para la sostenibilidad energética, principalmente la eólica. Es líder en España y está situada entre los primeros fabricantes de aerogeneradores a nivel mundial.
Gamesa ha instalado más de 16.000 MW de sus principales líneas de producto en 20 países, situados en cuatro continentes. El equivalente anual de esa producción supone más de 3,45 millones de toneladas de petróleo (TEP)/año y evita la emisión a la atmósfera de una cantidad superior a 24 millones de toneladas de CO2/año
La compañía dispone de una treintena de centros productivos distribuidos en España, China y Estados Unidos y una plantilla internacional de alrededor de 7.200 personas.
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Gamesa maintains its sales and improves its margins in the first quarter of 2009
May, 14, 2009
* The improvement in margins allowed EBIT to rise by 36% when compared to the first quarter of 2008 to reach €53 million
* Net profit amounted to €32 million in the first quarter of the year
Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica posted its first quarter results for 2009 today. The improvement in margins should be highlighted, as should their corresponding reflection in operating profit (EBIT), which rose by 36% from €39 million in the first quarter of 2008 to €53 million in the first three months of 2009. This improvement was due, among other factors, to the adjustment of production to demand and to the strict cost-cutting plan Gamesa put into effect.
The Corporation’s sales increased by 12% compared to the sales made between January and March 2008 and reached €800 million. Net profit reached €32 million.
Gamesa ended the first quarter of the year with a consolidated Net Financial Debt level below than the level reached in the first quarter of the preceding year, which was situated at €377 million euros, 0.7 times gross operating profit (EBITDA).
Investing in growth markets
Wind turbine supply agreements for several European markets like Spain, Italy and Romania were signed during the first few months of 2009.
Gamesa sold a total of 814MW between January and March to equal activity levels in the first quarter of 2008, 80% of which were destined to international markets. The Corporation’s positioning is continuing to improve in regions where ambitious stimulus and wind energy development plans have been approved with 700MW of new capacity coming on-stream in 2010. Hence, progress is still being made in the USA towards the target of increasing the pace of annual production by 30% to reach 1,200MW. In China, approval was granted to the project allowing up to 400MW of the Gamesa G8x 2MW product platform to be manufactured in Tianjin.
In Spain, the first prototype of the new Gamesa G10x wind turbine with a unitary power of 4.5MW was installed in Jaulín in the Spanish province of Zaragoza and has concluded its entry into service phase. Recently, the prototype has successfully fed the first kilowatts of electricity into the power grid.
More than 700MW of wind farms in final development stages
Gamesa is continuing to develop its wind farm portfolio in Europe, the USA and China. In March 2009, this business unit already had more than 700MW of wind farms in the final development stages, 400MW of which where in the construction stage and 310MW of which had already entered into service.
About Gamesa
Gamesa is a company specializing in sustainable energy technologies, mainly wind power. It is the leading company in Spain and situated among the world’s three most important wind turbine generator manufacturers.
Gamesa has installed more than 16,000MW of its main product lines in 20 countries spread out over four continents. The annual equivalent of this production amounts to more than 3.45 million tons of petroleum (TPE) per year and prevents the emission into the atmosphere of over 24 million tons of CO2 a year.
The company has around 30 production centers located in Spain, China and the United States with an international workforce of around 7,200 employees.
