cmyk Trends
Independent Thinking on the Printing Industry
  • off-set blog
  • Jochen Meissner

No Easy Fix

6/27/2013

 
Heidelberg's annual report shows some much anticipated improvements following the strong order intake at DRUPA 2012, but a closer look shows that the outlook remains rather cloudy.  
Picture
This long-term quarterly orders chart shows declining orders following the last DRUPA 2012 effect.  Fourth quarter shipments were strong, resulting in a low backlog of  just above Euro 500 million.  That does not bode well for next quarter's shipments and given the overall economic context it probably requires a small miracle to maintain last year's sales of Euro 2.8 billion and generate much needed further positive results.

Germany and China now account for 30% of sales and one can only hope that those two locomotives don't loose steam anytime soon.  

Comments are closed.
    You can share this page on LinkedIn:

    Don't miss a post.  Follow me on Twitter or subscribe to email notifications.
    Follow @jdmeissner
    Get Notified

    Archives

    June 2020
    June 2018
    January 2018
    May 2017
    February 2017
    October 2016
    October 2015
    August 2015
    May 2015
    January 2015
    November 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    April 2014
    February 2014
    November 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    February 2013
    November 2012
    August 2012

    Categories

    All
    Commercial
    Digital
    Fun
    Newspaper
    Packaging
    Sheetfed

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.