In fiscal 2010, earnings before interest and taxes totalled 90 million euros (previous year: €75m). Sales increased to 1,777 million euros (previous year: €1,610m), while order intake was, as expected, significantly lower at 779 million euros (previous year: €1,631m). For 2010, there was a 7.5 percent return on capital employed for the Ferrostaal Group (previous year: 14.1%). Return on sales (RoS based on EBIT) for the Ferrostaal Group improved on the previous year’s level to 5.1 percent (previous year: 4.7%). Compared to the previous year, the number of employees at Ferrostaal AG rose slightly by 84 to 5,373.