bertrandt ag said monday that net profit and revenue increased in the first nine months of fiscal year amid higher demand for its engineering services and raised its forecast for fullyear revenue in the nine months ended june 30 net profit rose to 1204 million euros 123 million from eur350 million in the same period a year earlier revenue was eur73965 million up from eur63103 million while earnings before interest and taxes grew to eur259 million from eur129 million since the third quarter macroeconomic conditions have been completely different chief financial officer markus ruf said nevertheless we were able to benefit from increased demand for development services a noticeable rise in project awards and improved capacity utilization in germany and abroad in the period under review added to this is the cost optimization initiated during the pandemic he said the german engineeringservices company upgraded its guidance for revenue in the fiscal year 202122 bertrandt now expects total revenue to grow to between eur990 million and eur102 billion it had previously said it expected revenue to grow to between eur950 million and eur990 million