DGAP-News: Manz AG puts solar crisis behind: revenue growth and significant EBIT improvement in Q1 2013
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Manz AG puts solar crisis behind: revenue growth and significant EBIT
improvement in Q1 2013
08.05.2013 / 07:37
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Manz AG puts solar crisis behind: revenue growth and significant EBIT
improvement in Q1 2013
- Continued positive trend in Display and Battery segments more than
offsets weak revenue trend in Solar segment
- Revenue up by around 13%, from EUR 44.1 million to EUR 49.8 million
- Positive earnings trend: EBIT of EUR -1.4 million after EUR -4.9
million in Q1 2012
- Overall positive EBIT anticipated by 2013 half-year stage
- Current order backlog of around EUR 142 million: highest level since 2½years
Reutlingen, May 8, 2013 - Manz AG, one of the world's leading high-tech
engineering companies with an extensive technology portfolio in its three
strategic segments 'Display', 'Solar' and 'Battery', has today published
its results for the first quarter of 2013. Manz continued its positive
trend during the first three months of its current financial year in its
two segments Display and Battery, which more than offset the continued weak
new order intake situation in its Solar segment. Manz AG especially
benefited in this context from successful cross-sector technology transfer
and the continued dynamic market trend in the display sector. Considered
together with the currently very high order book position of EUR 142
million, this underscores the now minor significance of the Solar segment
for the success of Manz AG. With a share of only 2.3% of the current order
backlog the Solar segment does not bear any risks any more for Manz AG.
Instead the expected increase of the willingness to invest in the PV
industry offers additional growth opportunities. Overall, revenue in the
reporting period grew to EUR 49.8 million (previous year: EUR 44.1
million). Also the measures to structure- and cost-optimization that were
launched in the second half of 2012 are generating their first positive
effects. As a result operating earnings before interest and tax (EBIT)
improved significantly year-on-year from EUR -4.9 million to EUR -1.4
million. Especially in comparison to the last quarter 2012 revenue and
earnings of Manz AG also increased markedly. Moreover, an additional
positive effect can be expected in the second quarter 2013 due to the fact,
that the majority of the orders received at the end of the last year 2012
will be reflected in revenue and earnings of this period.
Dieter Manz, CEO and founder of Manz AG, summarises the first quarter as
follows: 'We are very satisfied with current business trends overall. We
have continued to register very dynamic growth in our Display and Battery
segments due to further demand growth on the end-customer market and
industry's correspondingly high degree of willingness to invest in new
production equipment. This is also reflected in our current order backlog
of around EUR 142 million, which is as high as the level last seen in the
third quarter of 2010. Together with first-quarter revenue, we are now
already above the revenue level of the full 2012 year. Our cost
optimization efforts are also taking effect. Although we are still
reporting a loss at the EBIT level, we nevertheless identify significant
progress towards our goal of returning to sustainable profitability.We
anticipate that our high order book position and cost optimisation will
significantly impact second-quarter earnings, and that we will report a
profit at the EBIT level overall in the second half of 2013.'
In terms of segments, the largest share of revenue of EUR 28.3 million was
attributable to the Display segment (previous year: EUR 21.4 million),
representing 32.4% year-on-year growth. Manz achieved revenue of EUR 1.9
million through the sale of lithium-ion battery production equipment, a
64.0% increase compared with the previous year's EUR 1.1 million. Only EUR
3.1 million of revenue was still attributable to the Solar segment
(previous year: EUR 11.7 million). The two reporting segments of PCB/OEM
and Others generated a further EUR 16.6 million of revenue (previous year:
EUR 10.0 million). After taking into account the financial result, the
company generated a pre-tax loss (EBT) of EUR -2.1 million (previous year:
EUR -5.2 million). The Group incurred a consolidated net loss of EUR -3.0
million (previous year: EUR -5.4 million), representing a EUR -0.66 net
loss per share (previous year: EUR -1.20 net loss per share).
Dieter Manz also takes a very positive view of the full 2013 year: 'Our
high order backlog and the excellent market prospects in the Display and
Battery areas form an excellent basis for sustainable growth during the
current 2013 financial year. We also identify additional potential in our
Solar segment, where we will consistently exploit the opportunities on
offer to us. Overall, this prompts us to confirm our forecast of achieving
a clear double-digit percentage revenue growth and profit at the EBIT level
in 2013.'
The full report for the first quarter of 2013 can be downloaded from the
company's website at www.manz.com within the 'Investor Relations' Area.
Company profile:
Manz AG - passion for efficiency
Manz AG, headquartered in Reutlingen, Germany, is one of the world's
leading high-tech engineering firms. Founded in 1987, in recent years the
company has grown from an automation specialist into a supplier of
integrated production lines. Manz has expertise in six fields of
technology: automation, laser processes, vacuum coating, screen printing,
metrology, and wet-chemical processes. These technologies are used and
developed in three strategic business areas: Display, Solar, and Battery.
The company, led by founder Dieter Manz, has been listed on the stock
exchange in Germany since 2006, and currently develops and manufactures in
Germany, China, Taiwan, Slovakia, and Hungary. Manz also has sales and
service offices in the United States, South Korea, and India. At the
beginning of 2013, Manz AG had approximately 1,850 employees, half of them
in Asia. With its slogan, 'Passion for Efficiency', Manz's engineers are
making a promise to offer its customers - all companies active in important
future markets - increasingly efficient production equipment. As an
engineering firm, the company plays a significant role in reducing the cost
of manufacturing end products, making these products available to large
groups of buyers worldwide.
Investor Relations contact
cometis AG
Ulrich Wiehle / Claudius Krause
Phone: +49 (0)611 - 205855-28
Fax: +49 (0)611 - 205855-66
E-Mail: krause(at)cometis.de
Public Relations contact
Manz AG
Axel Bartmann
Phone: +49 (0)7121 - 9000-395
Fax: +49 (0)7121 - 9000-99
E-Mail: abartmann(at)manz.com
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Company: Manz AG
Steigäckerstr. 5
72768 Reutlingen
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 7121 9000-0
Fax: +49 (0) 7121 9000-99
E-mail: info(at)manz.com
Internet: http://www.manz.com
ISIN: DE000A0JQ5U3
WKN: A0JQ5U
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart
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