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Annual Report 2013 ÅF’S Rankings Annual Report Report Annual 2013 ÅF ÅF | ANNUAL REPORT 2013 Contents This is ÅF ÅF offers engineering and consulting services in The year at a glance 1 three main areas. We have around 7,000 A message from the CEO 2 Mission, vision, strategy, objectives 4 employees at more than 100 offices in Employer branding 6 Human resources 8 around 20 countries on four continents Career paths 12 – Europe, Asia, South America and Africa. The ÅF Network 13 Market trends and business review 14 In 2013 ÅF performed projects in more than Industry-leading IT platform 18 80 countries worldwide. Operations Industry Division 20 Infrastructure Division 24 International Division 28 Technology Division 32 Sustainability 36 Sustainability report 38 The ÅF share 44 Five-year financial summary 48 Annual Report Administration report 51 Risks and risk management 54 Consolidated income statement 57 Statement of consolidated comprehensive income 57 Consolidated balance sheet 58 Statement of change in consolidated equity 60 Statement of consolidated cash flows 61 Parent income statement 62 Parent balance sheet 63 Statement of change in equity for parent 65 Statement of cash flows for parent 66 Notes 68 Auditor’s report 93 Corporate Governance A word from the Chairman 94 Corporate governance report 95 Board of Directors 100 Group management 102 Definitions 104 Events and reports 105 Cover: ÅF has been voted Sweden’s second most This English version of the Annual Report of ÅF AB popular employer among young professional engi- is a translation of the Swedish original. neers. Only Google is ahead, which makes ÅF the The Swedish text is the binding version and shall most attractive employer in the technical consulting prevail in the event of any discrepancies. industry. Read more on page 6. This is ÅF ÅF is a leading engineering and consulting company. Our work focuses on energy, projects for industry and investments in infrastructure. What makes us unique is our co-workers, our networks and the technical consulting industry’s greatest bank of experience. It’s all summed up in our corporate motto: ÅF – Innovation by experience. Our 10 largest clients • AB Volvo • Swedish Transport • Ericsson Administration • Oslo Airport • Tetra Pak • Power Machines Russia • Vattenfall • Scania • Volvo Cars • Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) ÅF has offices ÅF has carried out projects Our business Main areas Clients Contribution to Group sales • Nuclear power • Hydropower Energy ÅF is one of the world’s leading • Thermal power energy consulting companies. • Renewable energy • Transmission and distribution 23% • Defence and security • Automotive industry • Mining Industry ÅF offers engineering services • Food processing and pharmaceuticals in all technologies and in all sectors of • Telecommunications industry. • Oil and gas 45% • Forestry • Engineering Infrastructure ÅF is one of the market leaders in Scandinavia in sustainable • Property sector technical solutions for buildings and • Road and rail infrastructure projects. 32% Employees by country Sweden, 5,428 Switzerland, 207 Denmark, 157 Russia, 317 Finland, 181 Czech Republic, 206 Norway, 272 Others, 275 Our people History ÅF has its heart in technology, and is ÅF has been part of four major technological home to the best engineers from 20 revolutions: steam power, electricity, nuclear countries on four continents with unique power and computerisation. capabilities to change, develop and Ångpanneföreningen – the Southern Swedish Steam improve both businesses and Generator Association – is founded by the owners of communities. 1895 steam generators and other pressure vessels to prevent accidents through regular inspections. With a passion for technology, a strong team spirit and a clear mandate always Inspection activities are nationalised. to choose the best solution for each 1976 ÅF continues to provide related consulting services. client, ÅF’s employees create profitable, safe and sustainable solutions for 1986 The company is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. our common future. 2003 New strategy and consolidation. 2008 Ångpanneföreningen changes name to ÅF. 2010 Inspection business is sold to DEKRA Industrial. ÅF acquires Epsilon and Advansia, taking it from 5,000 2012 to 7,000 employees in 20 countries. The year at a glance Net sales Operating profit Operating margin 8,337 722 8.7 MSEK (5,796) MSEK (481) PERCENT (8.3) Earnings per share Proposed dividend Average number of FTEs 13.411) 6.50 6,666 SEK (10.13) SEK (5.50) (4,808) Group net sales, MSEK Group operating profit and Dividend per share, SEK operating margin, excl. non-recurring items 2), MSEK 10,000 724 8 8,337 3) 7 6.50 8,000 6 5.50 5,796 426 481 5.00 6,000 5,124 380 5 4,678 8.7 4.00 4.00 4,334 317 4 8.3 8.3 4,000 8.1 3 2 2,000 7.3 1 0 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Legend till de grå staplarna Legend till de grå staplarna Legend till den gröna stapeln Legend till den gröna stapeln Financial summary 2013 2012 Group sales by division Net sales, MSEK 8,337.0 5,796.4 Operating profit, MSEK 722.5 480.5 Industry Infrastructure Operating margin, % 8.7 8.3 Division Division Capacity utilisation, % 75.1 74.2 Profit after net financial items, MSEK 677.3 476.6 Average number of employees (FTEs) 6,666 4,808 Equity per share, SEK 94.66 87.32 28% 28% Equity/assets ratio, % 51.9 45.5 Return on equity, % 15.0 13.3 International Technology Division Division Earnings per share before dilution, SEK 13.41 10.13 Dividend per share, SEK 6.503) 5.50 1) Before dilution. 2) Comparative figures adjusted for share split in 2010 and change in definition of key figure. 3) Proposed dividend. 14% 30% A message from the CEO We have resources for every technical challenge “ Experienced and innovative engineers are shaping tomorrow’s sustainable society.” Jonas Wiström, President and CEO Jonas Wiström, CEO of ÅF since 2002, has led the Can you take us through market developments in ÅF’s Group as it quadrupled its sales and has his sights three main areas: infrastructure, energy and industry? set on further growth. Here he talks about progress Market conditions for infrastructure in Scandinavia have in 2013, his view of market developments and the been favourable in recent years, and I expect demand to new vision for ÅF in 2020. remain strong. ÅF has established itself as a leading player and has expanded rapidly, partly by drawing on the Group’s expertise in industrial processes. One important contract How would you sum up 2013? It was a year of strong we won during the year is to modernise three large hospitals growth. ÅF grew by 44 percent and is now in many ways a in the Stockholm region and improve their energy efficiency. different company to what it was a year ago. This is due in When it comes to energy, the outlook is less clear, as the large part to the acquisition of Epsilon in Sweden and Advan- sector faces major changes. In Europe, low economic sia in Norway, which brought in 1,800 new co-workers and growth and better energy efficiency have caused electricity a network of a further 16,000 engineers. The integration consumption and investment demand to fall rapidly. Those process dominated the first half of the year and has contracts that do come up are mainly for renewable energy, exceeded our expectations. Today we can justifiably claim upgrades and maintenance. In emerging markets, for exam- that ÅF can take on practically any technical challenge. ple in Asia and South America, demand is stronger. We’ve In this light, I’m delighted that even in the first year we not been focusing on winning more contracts in these markets, only increased our earnings substantially but also enhanced and we succeeded in doing so in 2013. One example is in our profitability through synergy gains – and this in a cau- Vietnam, where we will be supporting the government with tious market. Sales rose to SEK 8,337 million and earnings technical consulting services for a new nuclear power to SEK 722 million, which means that we’re close to achiev- station, Nihn Thuan 2. ing our objective of sales of 1 billion euros in 2015. We also In the industrial sector, market conditions improved grad- formulated new objectives at the beginning of 2014 to guide ually during the year. Europe seems to have bottomed out us through to 2020 and beyond. and looks set to recover gradually. Demand was strong in 2 ÅF Annual Report 2013 some industries during the year, including oil and gas in the longer term. Clients, employees and shareholders all have Norway and automotive and defence in Sweden. Industrial high expectations of us. One of the reasons we rank so highly clients are also increasingly looking for outsourcing of pro- as a popular employer is that we work actively on both envi- ject assignments, which favours a large and broad-based ronmental and social sustainability, and we moved sustaina- player like ÅF. bility even higher up the agenda in 2013 by recruiting Nyamko Sabuni, former Minister for Gender Equality, as Director of ÅF has a uniquely broad offering, with cutting-edge Sustainability and part of the Group management team. expertise in most technologies. Why is this important? Our breadth is an increasingly important competitive advan- ÅF has actively sponsored sport for many years. tage. Not only can we meet client demand for projects, but What does this mean for the company? Contributing to tomorrow’s solutions will increasingly build on cross-fertili- the development of sport is a way of being a good corporate sation between different technologies.
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