Business news from Ukraine

CORUM GROUP TRIPLES EBITDA IN 2017

8 April , 2018  

Corum Group, which unites the machine building assets of System Capital Management (SCM) financial and industrial group, more than tripled EBITDA in 2017 compared to 2016, to UAH 352 million, the company’s press service has said.
As reported, in 2016 EBITDA came out of the negative level and amounted to UAH 105.4 million.
Consolidated revenue of the company increased by 44%, to UAH 1.995 billion, the volume of signed contracts by 110%, to UAH 2.872 billion.
The share of exports in the sales structure was 41% against 28% a year earlier.
The company said that one of the key events that predetermined the economic development of Ukraine in 2017 was the transport blockade of Donbas.
“After the shutdown of a number of mines in Donetsk and Luhansk regions in February 2017, the orders of which amounted to 27% of the business plan, Corum Group focused on fulfilling orders from the key customers from Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, and Estonia. This ensured the overfulfillment of the plan for 2017 and exceeding the results of 2016 on the main indicators,” a press release reads.
According to the company, in 2017 investments in production amounted to UAH 90 million, which is 1.8 times more than in 2016.

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