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RCS - KSB SE & Co. KGaA - KSB reports a strong third quarter of 2025
RCS - KSB SE & Co. KGaA - KSB reports a strong third quarter of 2025
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RNS Number : 0430H KSB SE & Co. KGaA 11 November 2025 KSB SE & Co. KGaA / Key word(s): Quarterly / Interim StatementKSB reports a strong third quarter of 202511.11.2025 / 09:06 CET/CESTThe issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. KSB reports a strong third quarter of 2025· Order intake and sales revenue above previous year· EBIT adjusted for the costs of introducing SAP S/4HANA above previous year· Forecast for 2025 confirmedFRANKENTHAL: Pump and valve manufacturer KSB continued the positive trend of the first half of 2025 in the third quarter too, despite facing challenging conditions. Order intake, sales revenue and earnings before finance income / expense and income tax (EBIT), adjusted for the costs of introducing SAP S/4HANA, were up on the comparative prior-year period.Dr Stephan Timmermann, CEO, explains: "The worldwide reluctance to invest, the associated economic slowdown and the weaker US dollar added up to a challenge for KSB in the third quarter too. Nonetheless, we increased our order intake, sales revenue and earnings, and continued with the company's positive development."In the first nine months of the 2025 financial year, KSB increased order intake by 2.7 % to € 2,448 million (of which € 750 million in the third quarter). Adjusted for currency effects of € 51 million, order intake would have been up 4.8 %. The Pumps Segment showed the strongest growth, increasing at a rate of 7.2 % to € 1,350 million, followed by the Valves Segment with order intake of around € 323 million (+ 1.0 %). In contrast, order intake in the KSB SupremeServ Segment declined by 3.7 % to € 775 million, due to lower demand for spare parts from the Mining and Energy Market Areas. Within the Pumps Segment, which includes the business with new pumps excluding spare parts, the Standard Markets operating segment realised growth of 8.1 % on the back of the expanding Water business. The Mining Market Area increased order intake by 6.5 %. Following a decline in orders in the Energy Market Area in the first half of the year, major individual orders in the third quarter of 2025 have now led to a cumulative increase of 2.7 % for the first nine months. Order intake increased by 9.2 % in the Region Middle East / Africa and by 2.3 % in Europe. The Regions Asia / Pacific and Americas recorded growth of 2.5 % and 2.0 % respectively, impacted by currency eff...