Ad hoc: PVA TePla AG: Significant Increase in Consolidated Sales Revenues and Earnings inthe First Nine Months

PVA TePla AG / Interim report / Ad hoc: Significant Increase in 
Consolidated Sales Revenues and Earnings in
the First Nine Months
 
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*         Consolidated sales revenues of EUR 120.8 million (Previous
  year [PY] EUR 78.2 million)
*         Operating profit (EBIT) of EUR 9.7 million (PY EUR 5.1
  million)
*         EBIT margin at 8.1% (PY 6.5%)
*         Order intake of EUR 169.0 million
*         Growth and earnings target for 2008 confirmed
 
(Asslar, November 11, 2008) - In  the first nine months of 2008,  PVA
TePla AG, Asslar,  achieved a strong  increase in consolidated  sales
revenues and earnings versus the previous year period.   Consolidated
sales revenues rose by approximately 55%, from EUR 78.2 million  (PY)
to EUR 120.8 million and the operating profit (EBIT) by 92%, from EUR
5.1 million  in the  previous  year period  to  the current  EUR  9.7
million.
 
At EUR  75.0 million  (PY:  EUR 40.1  million), the  Crystal  Growing
Systems division made the greatest contribution to consolidated sales
revenues. At  EUR 34.8  million (PY:  EUR 26.3  million), the  Vacuum
Systems division again achieved  significantly higher sales  revenues
than in the already very pleasing  previous year period. At EUR  11.1
million, the Plasma Systems division generated sales revenues at  the
level of the previous year (EUR 11.7 million). In the Plasma  Systems
division, a positive result was achieved in the third quarter of this
year.
 
Incoming orders more than doubled to  EUR 169.0 million (PY EUR  83.1
million). In the  first nine  months, incoming orders  in the  Vacuum
Systems division of EUR 32.5 million were almost at the high level of
the previous year (EUR 33.3  million). With EUR 120.8 million  versus
EUR 36.8 million (PY), the Crystal Growing Systems division generated
significantly more incoming  orders in  the first  three quarters  of
2008 versus the corresponding  previous year period. Incoming  orders
for  the  Plasma  Systems  division  rose  to  EUR  15.7  million  in
comparison to EUR 13.1 million in the previous year period.
 
Thus, in the first  nine months of 2008,  the liquidity situation  of
the PVA TePla Group continued  to be positive and stable.   Operating
cash flow was EUR +16.1 million (PY EUR +1.3 million). Cash and  cash
equivalents stand at  EUR 15.7  million (December 31,  2007: EUR  9.1
million).
 
The company  confirms the  forecast for  the  year as  a whole  of  a
consolidated sales increase of approximately  40% and an EBIT  margin
at the upper end of the 7% to 9% range.
 
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Gert Fisahn
Investor Relations:
PVA TePla AG
Emmeliusstr. 33
35614 Asslar
Phone: +49(0)6441/5692-342
gert.fisahn@pvatepla.com
www.pvatepla.com
 
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PVA TePla AG
Emmeliusstr. 33 Asslar Germany
 
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