Interroll was able to maintain the previous year’s good overall result in the 2020 financial year: Although sales fell to CHF 530.6 million (-5.2% year-on-year, +0.9% in local currencies) due to the strong Swiss franc, incoming orders increased to CHF 547.8 million (+0.3% year-on-year, +6.6% in local currencies). The result increased significantly by 28.0% compared to the previous year. The Group is cautiously optimistic about the year 2021.
In local currencies, sales showed an increase of +0.9%, but due to the strong Swiss franc, consolidated sales decreased to CHF 530.6 million (-5.2% compared to the previous year). Worldwide consolidated order intake actually improved by +6.6% in local currencies and by +0.3% in consolidated currencies to CHF 547.8 million. After a difficult first half year in the project business due to the pandemic, business momentum accelerated in almost all markets in the second half of the year.
In the 2020 financial year, Interroll produced record volumes of conveyor rollers. Consolidated sales in the “Rollers” product group amounted to CHF 106.0 million, a decrease of -3.8% compared to the same period of the previous year (CHF 110.1 million). At 107.5 million, consolidated order intake was slightly down -0.3% on the previous year’s level of CHF 107.8 million.
Consolidated sales of the “Drives” product group amounted to CHF 156.5 million in the 2020 financial year, down -9.2% on the prior-year period (CHF 172.4 million). Consolidated order intake decreased by -6.9% to CHF 157.6 million compared to CHF 169.2 million in the previous year.
The “Conveyors & Sorters” product group generated consolidated sales of CHF 221.5 million in the 2020 financial year, down slightly by -0.7% on the previous year (CHF 223.2 million). At CHF 233.2 million, order intake was 8.5% above the level of the prior-year period (CHF 214.9 million). A temporary downward trend in the first half of the year was noticeable here. In the second half of the year, Interroll was able to report a major order for a leading supermarket chain for the delivery of more than 9 kilometers of Interroll Modular Conveyor Platform (MCP), including a record number of EC 5000 RollerDrive units for a new building project in Germany.
In the year under review, Interroll recorded a decrease in consolidated revenue of -13.7% to CHF 46.6 million (previous year: CHF 54.0 million) in the “Pallet Handling” product group. Consolidated order intake fell by -9.2% to CHF 49.5 million (previous year: CHF 54.5 million). During the COVID-19 crisis, important “Pallet Handling”-related projects in the warehousing sector were postponed but not cancelled.
In local currency, sales in the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region decreased by -5.1%. Consolidated sales amounted to CHF 287.0 million and were thus 10.6% below the previous year (CHF 321.0 million). Order intake decreased by -3.9% compared to the previous year (CHF 312.0 million) and reached CHF 299.9 million. In the “Conveyors & Sorters” product group, the region recorded an increase in order intake.
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