Bucher Industries : Group presentation update October 2023
October 26, 2023 at 12:03 am EDT
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Group presentation
October 2023
Bucher at a glance
Financials
CHF 3.6 billion sales 11.8% EBIT margin
Employees 14'900
locally hired, highly skilled
Global presence
50 production sites on 5 continents
Origins founded in 1807 headquartered in Switzerland
Ownership
listed on SIX Swiss Exchange founding family holding 35%
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Our contribution, for the long-term and sustainable
Beverages
Our passion is to engineer trusted machinery solutions …
… to sustainably
− feed the world,
− produce and preserve beverages,
− and to create, maintain and clean infrastructure.
For a safe and healthy life for all.
Food
Infrastructure
Capital goods that fulfill fundamental human needs
Beverages
Winemaking
Food
Fruit juice processing
Glass container
manufacturing Infrastructure
Maintenance and cleaning
Dairy and livestock farming
Arable farming
Hydraulic/electric components and solutions
Major relevant trends
Population growth1)
Urbanisation1)
Growing middle class
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+2 billion people
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+2 billion urban population
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More high-value proteins
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+50% food production
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Intensified utilisation of urban infrastructure
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Higher standard of living
Climate change
Weather extremes
Finite arable land
Source: FAO, UN; projections until 2050, rounded figures
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The five divisions of Bucher Industries
Glass container
Beverage processing equip-technology ment, individual businesses
Agricultural machinery
Municipal vehicles
Electrohydraulic systems
Sales by division
Bucher Specials
CHF 350 million sales 1'500 employees
8%
15%
Bucher Emhart Glass
Total sales
CHF 530 million sales
CHF 3.6 billion
1'700 employees
21%
15%
Bucher Hydraulics
CHF 760 million sales 3'100 employees
Kuhn Group
41%
CHF 1'510 million sales
6'000 employees
Bucher Municipal
CHF 530 million sales 2'500 employees
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Global presence
Close to our customers
Bucher Industries operates
‒ on 5 continents
‒ over 100 locations,
‒ of which over 50 with production and R&D
International Group
Sales share by region
Europe 57%
Thereof Switzerland 7%
North
Asia 9%
America 17%
Central and South
America 11%
Others 6%
Our ambitions
Develop continuously
‒ Technological leadership for a strong market position
‒ Long-term customer relationships with superior support ‒ Reduction of ecological footprint
‒ Passionate and dedicated employees
‒ Profitable growth, return on net operating assets (RONOA) > 20%, sound balance sheet
Strengthen our divisions
‒ Innovation and market penetration for organic growth
‒ Acquiring complementary businesses
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Bucher Industries AG is a Switzerland-based company engaged in the development and manufacture of machinery and equipment used for a range of purposes, such as harvesting, producing and packaging healthy foods, keeping cities clean and roads safe or hydraulic systems. The Companyâs operations are structured into five segments: specialized agricultural machinery (Kuhn Group); municipal vehicles (Bucher Municipal, including the subsidiary J. Hvidtved Larsen A/S); hydraulic components (Bucher Hydraulics); manufacturing equipment for the glass container industry (Emhart Glass); systems and technologies for the production of wine, fruit juice and instant products, and for dewatering sewage sludge, as well as a distributorship for tractors and agricultural machinery in Switzerland (Bucher Specials). On March 28, 2014, it acquired Montana, a Brazilian manufacturer of crop sprayers and fertilizer spreaders, specializing in self-propelled crop sprayers.
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