Bucher Industries : Investor-Relations-Handout zum Geschäftsjahr 2023 (englisch)
March 01, 2024 at 12:03 am EST
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Financial year 2023
Investor relations handout - March 2023
Contents
Bucher at a glance
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Group: sustainable value creation
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‒ Performance
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Invested capital
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Financing and risk management
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Non-financial key figures
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Divisions: our activities
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Kuhn Group
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Bucher Municipal
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Bucher Hydraulics
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Bucher Emhart Glass
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Bucher Specials
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Outlook and trends
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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
Bucher at a glance
Financials
CHF 3.6 billion sales 11.9% 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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Key attractions Bucher Industries
Operating in cyclical, but structurally growing markets
Diversification across divisions mitigates cycles
Trusted solutions with leading market positions, established brands
Sustainable business practices, with long-term orientation
Good cash generation based on flexible cost structures, financial independence
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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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Our principles and values
Management principles
‒ Decentralised responsibility, strong alignment with markets
‒ Centrally coordinated with lean corporate centre structure
‒ Leadership by strategic and financial planning and talent management
Common values
‒ Long-term orientation
‒ Sustainable economic value creation for all stakeholders
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Major relevant trends
Population growth1)
Urbanisation1)
Growing middle class
− +2 billion people
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+2 billion urban population
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More high-value proteins
− +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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International Group: net sales by region
Europe 62%
of which Switzerland 4%
North
Asia 9%
America 16%
Central and South
America 7%
Other 6%
Divisions: total sales CHF 3.6 billion, 14'900 employees
CHF 400 million sales 1'500 employees
CHF 1'420 million sales 5'800 employees
9%
39%
15%
CHF 520 million sales 1'700 employees
16%
CHF 570 million sales 2'600 employees
21%
CHF 740 million sales 3'200 employees
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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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