In fiscal year 2008/09, the REpower Systems Group significantly exceeded the billion limit in terms of sales for the first time and achieved its all-time highest operating result in the history of the company.
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Totalling € 76.9 million EBIT was more than twice as high as in fiscal year 2007 (€ 28.2 million). Sales increased to € 1,209.1 million (short fiscal year 2008: € 147.4 million; 2007: € 679.8 million), total operating performance rose to € 1,220.5 million (short fiscal year 2008: € 150.2 million; 2007: € 678.2 million). Net earnings (earnings after tax) saw an upswing from € 21.1 million by the end of 2007 to € 51.9 million (short fiscal year 2008 1.4 million). With an order backlog of 1,317.3 MW, potential sales volume stood at around € 1.5 billion as per 31 March 2009. Due to its well-stocked order book and the achieved goals for fiscal year 2008/09, REpower sticks to its forecast for fiscal year 2009/10.
