nordex on friday reported a widened net loss for the first quarter as higher costs offset sales growth but confirmed its guidance for 2023 as a whole the german windturbine maker said its net loss for the first three months of the year amounted to 2148 million euros 2345 million compared with a loss of eur1505 million in the same period last year sales for the quarter grew to eur122 billion from eur9330 million a year before order intake rose in value to eur917 million from eur903 million a year before but orders in nominal output fell to 102 gigawatts from 1165 gigawatts nordex said its loss before interest taxes depreciation and amortization widened to eur1149 million from an ebitda loss of eur889 million but that its ebitda margin improved to minus 94 from minus 95 we are still focused on processing our order book efficiently as the high costs associated with old projects are still adversely impacting our margins nordex chief executive jose luis blanco said the company expects to improve its profit margin over the course of the year and confirmed its guidance for an ebitda margin of minus 2 to minus 3 with sales of between eur56 billion and eur61 billion