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Siemens posted 18 per cent jump in its standalone net profit to ₹ 219.7 crore in the quarter ended March this year, mainly on account of higher revenues. The company had reported ₹ 186.2 crore net profit in the March quarter last year
The company follows financial year from October to September.
“For the second quarter of Financial Year 2018, ended March 31, 2018, Siemens Ltd registered a revenue of ₹ 3,163 crore which amounts to a 10.6 per cent increase in revenue (excluding from the revenue for the corresponding quarter of the previous year the impact of Excise Duty) over the same quarter in the preceding year,” it said.
The company said that the new orders for the period stood at ₹ 2,923.6 crore. There was an increase in orders of 22 per cent in its base business (orders of value less than ₹ 100 crore) for the second quarter of financial year 2018 and 21 per cent for the first half of 2017-18.
Large orders won during the second quarter of financial year 2017 included an order from Power Grid Corporation for the Pugalur-Thrissur high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system, it added.
“While our base business is growing satisfactorily, we do not see a pipeline of large and mega projects yet. Government tendering of large projects in the Energy business (Generation, Transmission & Distribution) has slowed down, though we do see private sector Capex beginning to expand. Our focus continues on our Digitalisation initiatives and on ensuring operational excellence, both of which are reflected in our results,” Siemens MD and CEO Sunil Mathur said in the statement.
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