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Gas Turbine Efficiency PLC 23 January 2008 23 January 2008 Gas Turbine Efficiency plc ('GTE' or 'the Group') Pre-close trading and industrial strategy update Strong growth achieved in 2007 led by industrial revenue, up six-fold GTE, a leading provider of advanced systems to enhance performance of aviation and industrial turbines, is pleased to announce strong growth in 2007 led by an almost six-fold increase in industrial based revenues and a robust order backlog for 2008. This reflects increasing global demand for GTE's solutions for reducing fuel costs, carbon emissions and equipment downtime. After successfully establishing the business in the aviation segment with its exclusive partner, Pratt & Whitney during 2006, GTE achieved tremendous success in the industrial segment last year with a major expansion of this business and the successful completion of four agreements with major Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Industrial revenues increased approximately 505% to $12.7m (2006: $2.1m). The aviation business also continued to perform strongly by doubling its revenues to $5.2m in 2007. As a result, the Group expects its total revenue for 2007 to increase over 270% to $17.8m compared with the corresponding period last year (2006: $4.7m). Due to a continued strong order book, the total current order backlog is up 36% to $7.7m compared with January 2007. Full year results for 2007 are expected to be released in April. Sales to leading OEMs increased more than three-fold from $3.9m to $13m and end user sales increased from $0.8m to $4.8m. GTE achieved this success by following a bold strategy to extend the business model by completing four OEM qualifications in parallel. The Group also expanded its solutions portfolio with the acquisition of Control Center, LLC and ARES Technology, LLC during the year. GTE added great depth and expertise to its presence in the energy services sector with the recruitment of a number of senior level industry experts, each with more than 20 years track record with global turbine manufacturers. The combined strategy of acquisitions alongside organic Research & Development has significantly expanded GTE's core product lines as seen below: 2006 2007 Compressor Cleaning Systems Compressor Cleaning Systems Compressor Power Augmentation Fuel Systems And Metering Control Systems and Panels Combustion Monitoring Systems Aftermarket Parts / Supply Chain On-Site Installation Services Combustion Repairs Combustion Design & Modeling Combustion Flare Modeling GTE's enhanced capabilities have established a powerful platform for long term growth and will continue to drive the Group in three key ways: • it moves GTE up the 'value chain' and closer to integrated solutions, positioning the Group for long term growth in the gas turbine aftermarket segment which is valued at up to $10 billion; • it opens up additional high value products to sell through existing channels and customer relationships; and finally • it creates a broader technology team and patent portfolio. During the year GTE successfully concluded discussions with several major OEMs to sign long term commercial contracts which in some cases have been expanded to include several new product lines. These include: five-year agreement with Solar, a Caterpillar company, which specialises in manufacturing small to mid-range turbines; a three-year extension of GTE's exclusive agreement with Siemens, AB; the three-year contract extension with Rolls Royce and a new three-year contract with the world's largest OEM in the sector. Looking forward, GTE plans to continue this successful strategy. The Group will look to bolster its technology breadth and development through organic R&D and opportunistic acquisitions. The Group will continue to focus on high value solutions in the gas turbine aftermarket segment and move to higher value integrated product and service solutions. Steven Zwolinski, Chief Executive Officer of GTE, commented: 'The benefits of GTE's long term strategy for the industrial segment of the business have resulted in tremendous progress in 2007, positioning the business for long term growth. The integration of Control Center, LLC and Ares Technology, LLC and recruitment of industry leading technology players has exceeded expectations, significantly enhancing the Group's capabilities, foundation for future growth, and diversification of product lines.' Enquiries: Gas Turbine Efficiency plc Steven Zwolinski, CEO +46 8 546 10 528 Libertas Capital Aamir Quraishi, Matthew Hindhaugh +44 20 7569 9650 Corfin Communications Neil Thapar, Harry Chathli +44 20 7977 0020 About GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc, whose shares are traded on London Stock Exchange's AIM market (Ticker: GTE), designs, manufactures and markets advanced integrated solutions for environmental, process and asset optimisation of gas turbines primarily in the aerospace, industrial and oil & gas sectors. These solutions include cleaning systems, performance monitoring, fluid and control sub-systems that improve turbine performance and availability, fuel efficiency and parts life, resulting in increased profits for our clients and a cleaner environment. The Group sells its products to blue chip customers worldwide from operational centres in Europe and the USA. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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