Aug 24 (Reuters) - GESCO AG GSC1n.DE :
* STRONG GROWTH IN THE SECOND QUARTER - GUIDANCE RAISED
* OUTLOOK FOR FULL YEAR RAISED
* INCOMING ORDERS FOR GESCO GROUP STOOD AT EUR 274.5 MILLION
IN
FIRST HALF OF 2021, 35.7% HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS YEAR'S FIGURE
* AT EUR 228.1 MILLION, GROUP SALES EXCEEDED LEVEL OF
PREVIOUS
YEAR'S REPORTING PERIOD BY 19.9% (H1 2020-C: EUR 190.3 MILLION)
* H1 GROUP'S ORDER BACKLOG STOOD AT EUR 199.5 MILLION AS
COMPARED
TO EUR 139.5 MILLION IN H1 2020
* H1 (EBITDA) REACHED A TOTAL OF EUR 23.4 MILLION
* H1 EBIT MARGIN IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY TO 6.7% IN FIRST
HALF OF
2021 (VERSUS 0.2% IN H1 2020
* OUTLOOK 2021: SALES OF BETWEEN EUR 465 MILLION AND EUR 485
MILLION
* OUTLOOK 2021: NET INCOME AFTER MINORITY INTEREST OF EUR 20
MILLION TO EUR 22 MILLION
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