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Northbridge Industrial Services PLC
31 January 2020
31 January 2020
Northbridge Industrial Services Plc
("Northbridge" or the "Group")
Pre-Close Trading Update
Notice of Results
Strong Performance Continues
Northbridge, the industrial services and rental company, is
pleased to issue the following pre-close trading statement in
advance of its preliminary results announcement for the year ended
31 December 2019, which is scheduled to be released on 7 April
2020.
Trading during the second half of 2019 continued to achieve the
improved performance that was experienced in the first six months
of the year and remains in line with the Group's forecasts, which
show a considerable improvement on 2018. The positive impact of
consistent revenue generation enabled our operational gearing to
benefit Group cash flow, resulting in trading EBITDA continuing to
increase.
Recovery in the oil and gas market remains on track, with Brent
Crude price around $60bbl, and investment by the main oil & gas
majors continuing to flow through. Consequently, the Group is
confident that the results for the full year ended 31 December 2019
will be in line with management's expectations.
Northbridge has two core activities, Crestchic Loadbanks
("Crestchic") and Tasman Oil Tools ("Tasman").
Crestchic is a specialist electrical equipment business which
manufactures, sells and rents loadbanks and transformers from its
base in Burton on Trent and has depots in France, Germany, Belgium,
UAE and Singapore. Crestchic also has satellite locations in China
and the USA.
Tasman Oil Tools rents drilling equipment to the oil, gas and
geothermal industries from its sites in Australia, New Zealand,
Malaysia and the UAE.
Crestchic- Electrical power reliability
The UK and European activities of Crestchic continued to perform
well as it is largely resilient to market conditions. The US
operation, which we started in 2016, has continued to grow and
revenues have increased further. Our other overseas markets for
power projects, principally relating to natural resources and
shipyards, have shown signs of renewed activity and this has
continued into 2020, as the recovery in the energy market remains
evident. Crestchic has started 2020 with its largest ever new year
order book for the sale of manufactured equipment, surpassing its
2019 record.
Tasman - Drilling tool rental
The improvement in sentiment in the oil and gas market
experienced during the first half of 2019 continued into the second
six months. Australia in particular continued on its improvement,
supported by increasing demand for natural gas and LNG for both
domestic consumption and for export.
As a result, activity levels in our rental business of Tasman
continued to improve. Our focus on quality, service levels and
modest ongoing investment, enabled Tasman to increase its market
share in our key Asia Pacific region of operation. Consequently,
year-on-year revenues are now showing significant gains in large
parts of our market, albeit from a low base.
Outlook
Underlying sentiment in Northbridge's main markets continues to
improve, and despite recent events regarding global trade currently
having an impact on business confidence, we believe the resilience
of the recovery in our markets is not in doubt and we expect
further good progress during 2020, and look forward to a profitable
future.
ENDS
For further information
Northbridge Industrial Services plc 01283 531645
Eric Hook, Chief Executive Officer
Iwan Phillips, Finance Director
Shore Capital (Nominated Adviser and Broker) 020 7408 4050
Robert Finlay / Antonio Bossi / Henry Willcocks
Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000
Charles Ryland / Stephanie Watson
About Northbridge:
Northbridge Industrial Services plc hires and sells specialist
industrial equipment. With offices or agents in the UK, USA, UAE,
Belgium, Germany, France, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia,
Singapore, China, Brazil and South Korea, Northbridge has a global
customer base. This includes utility companies, the oil and gas
sector, shipping, banking, mining, construction and the public
sector. The product range includes loadbanks, transformers and oil
tools. Northbridge was admitted to AIM in 2006 since when it has
grown by providing a high level of service, responsiveness and
flexibility to customers, by the acquisition of companies in the
UK, UAE, Australia, Belgium, New Zealand and Singapore and through
investing further in those acquired companies to make them more
successful. Northbridge continues to seek suitable businesses for
acquisition across the world.
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