{"id":54486,"date":"2024-08-01T09:28:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T07:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ticker-noticiasep.microcontenidos.com\/NoticiaRSS.vbhtml?user=FRND562DLP&cod=20240801092852"},"modified":"2024-08-01T09:28:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T07:28:52","slug":"heidelberg-starts-the-2024-2025-financial-year-with-a-strong-order-volume-from-drupa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webciudadana.net\/?p=54486","title":{"rendered":"HEIDELBERG starts the 2024\/2025 financial year with a strong order volume from drupa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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(Informaci\u00f3n remitida por la empresa firmante)<\/p>\n

\n\u00b7 Strong second half-year expected thanks to high order backlog<\/p>\n

\n\u00b7 As expected, sales and EBITDA down year-on-year in the first quarter due to reluctance to buy ahead of drupa<\/p>\n

\n\u00b7 Growth potential: cooperation with Canon for industrial digital printing in the commercial sector <\/p>\n

\n\u00b7 Annual forecast confirmed <\/p>\n

\nNEWS AKTUELL \/\/ Heidelberg, Germany – August 1, 2024.- Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) has started the new financial year 2024\/2025 with strong growth in incoming orders. Thanks to the highly successful dru-pa industry trade fair, the technology company’s incoming orders in the first three months (April 1 to June 30, 2024) exceeded its own expectations of around \u20ac 650 mil-lion at \u20ac 701 million (previous year: \u20ac 591 million). The best order value since 2016 thus forms a strong basis for the entire financial year with a high order backlog of \u20ac 923 million (March 31: \u20ac 652 million). The regions of Europe (+25%) and the Americas (+30%) recorded particularly strong growth. Growth was only slightly weaker in Asia (+3%), as the previous year had been particularly strong due to the important industry trade fair Print China.<\/p>\n

\u00abThe strong recovery in our order intake allows us to look to the full financial year with great confidence,\u00bb said J\u00fcrgen Otto, CEO of HEIDELBERG. \u00abThe pleasing order backlog from the drupa trade fair will lead to rising sales in the following quarters compared to Q1. At the same time, we are working on our cost situation and personnel costs, which are generally too high.\u00bb<\/p>\n

\nForecast confirmed despite after-effects of the order slump<\/p>\n

\nAs expected, sales in the first quarter of \u20ac 403 million were below the previous year’s level (\u20ac 544 million) due to the reluctance to invest ahead of drupa. The adjusted op-erating result (EBITDA) fell by around \u20ac 51 million to \u20ac -9 million compared to the adjusted figure for the same quarter of the previous year. The corresponding EBITDA margin was -2.3% (previous year: 7.7%). Net result after taxes fell to \u20ac -42 million (previous year: \u20ac 10 million). As expected, free cash flow was negative at \u20ac -103 mil-lion (previous year: \u20ac -27 million) due to the quarterly loss, the increase in inventories because of the high order intake and seasonal effects.<\/p>\n

\u00abHEIDELBERG felt the after-effects of the slump in orders from the third quarter of 2023\/2024 in the first quarter,\u00bb said Tania von der Goltz, CFO. \u00abDespite the expected improvements in sales and earnings in the second half of the year, we will continue to work on our costs and efficiency. We expect to achieve the previous year’s result in the current year.\u00bb<\/p>\n

\nIn the Print Solutions segment in particular, HEIDELBERG recorded strong drupa-related growth in incoming orders of around 21 percent. In contrast, sales declined by around 23% from April to June due to the low order intake in the third quarter of the previous year. Incoming orders in the Packaging Solutions segment improved by 17 percent, while sales in this segment fell by 29 percent as expected.<\/p>\n

HEIDELBERG presented itself at drupa as a total solution provider for the printing industry with offset and digital. In particular, the cooperation with Canon is intended to open up the growing market in digital industrial commercial printing. HEIDELBERG aims to significantly increase its sales in this area in the medium term.<\/p>\n

The forecast for the 2024\/2025 financial year is confirmed against the backdrop of the strong order intake. Assuming that the global economy does not grow more slowly than predicted by economic research institutes, HEIDELBERG expects stable earnings de-velopment with sales remaining the same.<\/p>\n

Images and further information about the company are available on the Investor Rela-tions and Press Portal of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG at www.heidelberg.com.<\/p>\n

For further information: <\/p>\n

\nCorporate Communications <\/p>\n

\nOliver Claas<\/p>\n

\nPhone: +49 6222 82-67179<\/p>\n

\nE-Mail: Oliver.Claas@heidelberg.com<\/p>\n

\nThomas Fichtl<\/p>\n

\nPhone: +49 6222 82- 67123<\/p>\n

\nE-Mail: Thomas.Fichtl@heidelberg.com<\/p>\n

\nInvestor Relations <\/p>\n

\nMaximilian Beyer <\/p>\n

\nTel: +49 (0)6222 82-67120 <\/p>\n

\nE-Mail: Maximilian.Beyer@heidelberg.com<\/p>\n

\nHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG<\/p>\n

\nP.O. Box 10 29 40<\/p>\n

\n69019 Heidelberg<\/p>\n

\nGermany<\/p>\n

\nKurf\u00fcrsten-Anlage 52-60<\/p>\n

\n69115 Heidelberg<\/p>\n

\nFlorian Pitzinger<\/p>\n

\nPhone +49 (6222) 82 2553<\/p>\n

\nFlorian.Pitzinger@heidelberg.com<\/p>\n

\nwww.heidelberg.com<\/p>\n

\nImportant note:<\/p>\n

\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements based on assumptions and estimates made by the management of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft. Even if the company management is of the opinion that these assumptions and estimates are accurate, actual future developments and future actual results may deviate considerably from these assumptions and estimates due to a variety of factors. These factors may include, for example, changes in the overall economic situation, exchange rates and interest rates as well as changes within the graphic arts industry. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft provides no guarantee and assumes no liability that future developments and the actual results achieved in the future will correspond to the assumptions and estimates made in this press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Informaci\u00f3n remitida por la empresa firmante) \u00b7 Strong second half-year expected thanks to high order backlog \u00b7 As expected, sales and EBITDA down year-on-year in the first quarter due to reluctance to buy ahead of drupa \u00b7 Growth potential: cooperation with Canon for industrial digital printing in the commercial sector \u00b7 Annual forecast confirmed NEWS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webciudadana.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webciudadana.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webciudadana.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webciudadana.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webciudadana.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webciudadana.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webciudadana.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webciudadana.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webciudadana.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}