OREANDA-NEWS. Thales is today releasing its order intake and sales figures for the first quarter of 2015.

Patrice Caine, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, stated: “The beginning of 2015 confirms Thales’s strong commercial momentum with order intake up 36% in the first quarter. Growth was particularly strong in emerging markets, which are benefitting from sustained demand.”

  • Order intake: €2.82 billion (+36%), led by emerging markets (Egyptian Rafale)
  • Sales: €2.58 billion (+4%)
  • 2015 objectives confirmed

In millions of euros

Q1 2015

Q1 2014

Total change

Organic change[1]

Order intake

 

 

 

 

Aerospace

782

777

+1%

-7%

Transport

462

257

+80%

+75%

Defence & Security

1,566

1,024

+53%

+48%

Other

13

16

 

 

Total

2,823

2,074

+36%

+30%

Sales

 

 

 

 

Aerospace

1,081

955

+13%

+3%

Transport

234

229

+2%

-3%

Defence & Security

1,244

1,266

-2%

-5%

Other

17

17

 

 

Total

2,576

2,467

+4%

-2%

It should be noted that fluctuations in sales (a significant percentage of which is booked as technical milestones achieved pursuant to the terms of the different contracts) and order intake over a single quarter cannot be extrapolated and may differ markedly from long-term trends. This comment is even more applicable when each operational segment is taken separately.