Raute raised its order intake by more than two thirds to €203m in 2021 compared to a relatively low baseline in 2020. The order backlog reached €158m at the end of the year. Raute reported that both key figures reached new record highs last year.
After a slow first quarter (+20% to €30m), order intake soared five-fold in the second quarter (€65m) and third quarter (€58m). Along with the low baseline, three large orders also helped to boost order intake. No additional complete plant projects were finalised in the fourth quar-ter, but total order intake remained high at €50m thanks to new orders for individual product lines. Some €36m of this sum was attributable to business with new lines and €14m to technology services.
Raute raised its revenues by 24% to €142.2m in the past financial year. Revenues in what remains its leading sales market, Russia, edged 10% higher to €69.8m. Europe (+37% to €34.9m), North America (+63% to €20.1m) and the Asia-Pacific region (+58% to €20.1m) all booked much stronger growth in revenues, albeit from much lower baselines. Latin American revenues showed a moderate increase of 3% to €7.8m.
