By Kim Yoo-chul
The main businesses of the Doosan Group range from desalination and heavy equipment to construction and targets 2011 to be a record year both in sales and profit.
The conglomerate said Sunday it is aiming to earn 2.2 trillion won or about $2 billion in operating profit for this year _ up 22 percent from last year’s estimated operating profit of 1.8 trillion won.
The group set its sales target at 27.7 trillion won, which is also an increase of 13 percent from last year’s forecast of 24.6 trillion won, it said in a statement.
``Doosan is putting emphasis on value-added growth for corporate sustainability,’’ Park Yong-hyun, the group chairman, was quoted as saying in the release.
Doosan is also planning to expand its corporate social responsibility programs and customized educational programs.
``Doosan is enhancing a win-win strategy with suppliers,’’ said Bae Hyung-sik, a senior group spokesman.
Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction, the nation’s leading power equipment maker, has won orders valued overall at over 11 trillion won thanks to projects including a bigger coal-fired power plant and desalination-related projects.
Doosan Infracore, which is also the nation’s biggest maker of construction equipment, also performed well, boosted by rising equipment demand in China and other emerging countries, Bae said.
``This year will be more than crucial for the entire group, particularly given what the chairman describes as value-added corporate growth,’’ said the spokesman.