Gurit with strong growth in Systems and Engineering and gradual recovery from lows in the Materials business
 

 

Zürich, January 31, 2014. Gurit (SIX Swiss Exchange: GUR) achieved un-audited full year net sales of CHF 281.1 million, a decrease of 19.9% compared with 2012. The strong double digit growth in all end markets of the Composite Systems and Engineering business and additional sales of materials to Industrial and Marine customers could not compensate for the 42.6% decline in materials sales to Wind Energy customers. This business suffered heavily from lower volumes in the US market and continuously reduced demand for glass fiber prepregs. Due to the low materials sales volume and certain impairment charges resulting from the implementation of the new PVC core material strategy, Gurit will reach an operating profit margin of around 2% of net sales for the full year 2013.

 

 

Gurit Composite Materials: In Q4, 2013, Gurit’s material sales fell 2.2% short of the preceding quarter. Sales to the Wind Energy market were also impacted by the postponement of deliveries into Q1, 2014. Sales to Industrial and Marine customers continued to grow thanks to various Marine and Civil Engineering projects in the EMEA and American markets. Sales to the Aerospace market were negatively impacted by low customer activities in December.

Year over year, materials sales decreased by 26.7% to CHF 227.3 million. Sales to the Wind Energy industry suffered heavily from the delayed tax credit renewal in the USA at the beginning of the year, but also from the ongoing low demand for glass fiber prepreg in Europe. As a very positive contrast, sales to the Industrial and Marine markets developed successfully – predominantly supported by significant sales for civil construction and military boat applications.   

 

Gurit Composite Systems and Engineering: Gurit continued to successfully develop its Systems and Engineering business in 2013 and achieved 31.9% higher revenues of CHF 53.8 million. The sales generated in the fourth quarter reached a new high with CHF 16.9 million. Gurit’s automotive exterior component business grew by 24.1% year over year. Sales in Engineered Structures increased by 60.5% due to large deliveries of composite components for buses. Sales of Tooling equipment increased by 31.3% over 2012, driven mainly by large deliveries to non-Chinese customers in the second half of 2013.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net sales

Full year

Sales by quarter

 

 

in CHF 1000

2012

2013

Change in reported CHF

Change @ ytd 2013 transl.

Q1
2013

Q2
2013

Q3
2013

Q4
2013

 

 

Wind Energy

204’590

117’411

-42.6%

-42.0%

23’504

30’889

32’055

30’963

 

 

Aerospace

48’073

46’944

-2.3%

-3.5%

12’307

11’199

12’600

10’838

 

 

Industrial & Marine

57’553

62’949

9.4%

11.5%

17’111

14’047

15’135

16’656

 

 

Composite Materials

310’216

227’304

-26.7%

-26.1%

52’922

56’135

59’790

58’457

 

 

Automotive

12’064

14’974

24.1%

27.3%

3’123

3’758

3’472

4’621

 

 

Tooling

24’936

32’751

31.3%

30.5%

3’596

7’059

11’203

10’893

 

 

Engineered Structures

3’804

6’106

60.5%

63.8%

1’189

1’868

1’631

1’418

 

 

Comp. Systems and Engin.

40’804

53’831

31.9%

32.6%

7’908

12’685

16’306

16’932

 

 

TOTAL GROUP

351’020

281’135

-19.9%

-19.2%

60’830

68’820

76’096

75’389

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Online publication of Annual Report 2013, Media/Analyst conference and international Webcast on Friday March 14, 2014

Gurit will publish its full 2013 results on March 14, 2014 by issuing at 07.00 a.m. CET a press release and publishing its Annual Report 2013 and SHAPE – The Gurit Magazine online at http://investors.gurit.com/publicationsdownloads.aspx. Management will also discuss the results in further detail at a joint media and analyst conference in Zürich on March 14, 2014, at 09:30 a.m. The conference will take place at SIX Swiss Exchange’s Convention Point, Selnau Strasse 30, CH-8021 Zurich. The presentations will be held in English and will also be accessible as a webcast on www.gurit.com where an archived version will later be available for download.

Please sign up for the live event by returning the enclosed registration form.