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SEZ Group - Order situation as of May 31, 2001
After the first five months of business year 2001 the SEZ Group increased its consolidated net sales by 97.4 percent to CHF 126.7 million, up from CHF 64.2 million for the same period of 2000. SEZ's order income for this period was CHF 84.2 million, up 6.7 percent from CHF 78.9 million for the first five months of 2000. As of May 31, 2001 the SEZ Group reported an order backlog of 101.6 million, which represents an increase of 54.2 percent over its backlog of CHF 65.9 million as of May 31, 2000. The book-to-bill ratio for the period January 1 to May 31 stood at 0.66. Due to the current order situation SEZ expects to meet its sales forecast of CHF 290 million (including HMReinraumtechnik GmbH sales) for the business year 2001. | | in CHF million | in EUR million | in USD million | | | 2001 | 2000 | 2001 | 2000 | 2001 | 2000 | Net sales
January - May | 126.7 | 64.2 | 82.7 | 40.5 | 74.9 | 39.0 | Order income
January - May | 84.2 | 78.9 | 55.0 | 49.9 | 49.8 | 47.7 | Order backlog as of
May 31 | 101.6 | 65.9 | 66.8 | 42.0 | 56.5 | 39.2 | Book-to-Bill-Ratio
as of May 31 (ytd) | 0.66 | 1.22 | 0.66 | 1.22 | 0.66 | 1.22 |
Upcoming financial dates:
| Aug. | 22, | 2001: | Half-year key figures, incl. order situation as of July 31, 2001 | | Sep. | 11, | 2001: | Release of Half-year Report 2001 and order situation as of August 31, 2001 | | Oct. | 23, | 2001: | Q3 key figures |
Villach/Zurich, June 19, 2001
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