The Q4orders compared to €400m in the final three months of 2011, while new business increasedby 14.6% to €1.27bn for last year as a whole.

“The record order intakewas driven by strong demand in the EMEA region, which contributed 94 percent ofthe new business.” Nordex says. “Only around 1% of new business came from Chinaand some 5% from America.”

The company recently entered the South Americanmarket after receiving a major order from Uruguay.