Eiffage has reported that sales in the first half of 2013 came to €6.5 billion, down by 1.3% year-on-year and by 1.6% like-for-like. However, sales for the second quarter of 2013 came to €3.6 billion, up by 1.3% year-on-year.The order book stood at €12.5 billion on 1 July 2013. This represents a 2.5% increase compared with 1 January 2013 (a 7.7% decrease year-on-year).In Concessions, total traffic on the APRR (the motorway subsidiary of Eiffage in France) network increased by 0.2% in the first half of 2013 compared with the year before. Consolidated sales contributed by APRR increased to €1,001 million up by 1.9% from €983 million in the first half of 2012.

Overall traffic on the Millau Viaduct reduced by 0.8% compared with the first half of 2012 (after a 2.0% decrease in the first quarter of 2013). Revenues increased by 3.6% to €14.5m in the first half of 2013.

As regards the A65 Pau-Langon motorway operated by A'Liénor, overall traffic recorded another increase, up by 5.3%, with increases of 5.5% for light vehicles and of 3.2% for heavy goods vehicles. As a result, sales increased to €20.5m, up by 10.8% compared with the first half of 2012.

Overall traffic on the Avenir motorway in Senegal increased by 14.3%. Revenues amounted to €2m in the first half of 2013.

Other Concessions and Public Private Partnerships generated sales of €35 million in the first half of 2013 compared with €26 million in the first half of 2012 largely attributable to the activities of the Grand Stade de Lille Métropole and the Energy Efficiency Contract in the Centre region.

Source: Eiffage