Schindler Holding AG (SCHP) raised its full-year profit forecast after the Swiss elevator maker’s nine-month earnings were boosted by rapidly expanding sales in China and India.
Schindler increased its net profit forecast by 15 million francs ($16 million) to as much as 865 million francs, supported also by the consolidation of Chinese subsidiary XJ-Schindler and the sale of land in Switzerland. Ebikon-based Schindler stuck to a prediction of 6 percent to 8 percent sales growth in local currencies.
Silvio Napoli, who became chief executive officer in January after almost six years as head of Schindler’s Asia-Pacific business, was promoted as the Swiss company expands operations in Chinese and Indian markets, where it predicts sales of elevators will grow fastest over the next decades. Schindler is far exceeding market growth in each of these countries, the company said today.
Nine-month net income gained 91 percent to 703 million francs, while sales rose 3.2 percent to 6.7 billion francs.
Earnings at Schindler, a company with a market capitalization of $15 billion, bucked a more subdued outlook among European industrials. Royal Philips NV Chief Executive Officer Frans Van Houten said yesterday that the maker of health-care equipment and light bulbs is facing sustained softness in a number of markets such as China and Russia, after reporting quarterly earnings that missed estimates.
The Schindler and Bonnard families, along with related parties, hold 67.3 percent of the voting rights in the company which dates back to 1874.
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