Annual report 2009 - Siempelkamp

A 250 t (276 US tons) upper
bolster during installation
Our machinery and plants business unit invested a total of 12 million Euros in 2009 in the up -
grading of machinery and in plant expansions. Siempelkamp Foundry made investments amounting
to approx. 2 million Euros which were mainly used for a new employee building as well as the
introduction of a new ERP system. Our casting technology unit has dedicated their efforts to using
available resources more effi ciently for company operations and to optimizing business processes.
Investments in our nuclear technology business unit amounted to 1.8 million Euros. They primarily
pertained to replacement and expansion investments for the manufacturing plant in Mülheim and
the smelting plants as well as to a new ERP system.
Machinery and plants
Siempelkamp has been building hydraulic presses and complete systems for more than 125 years.
Our products have an excellent reputation in the wood-based materials, metal forming, as well as
rubber and gypsum fi ber industries.
Together with its subsidiaries, Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KG stands
for outstanding full service regarding complete wood-based material plants including auxiliary
plants, such as energy systems.
Sales trend
With 360 million Euros, the sales volume in 2009 was 19% lower than in our record year 2008.
The decrease in turnover can be attributed to invoice timing reasons associated with the equipment
acceptances in 2009. The overall operating performance was also reduced by 20% to 358 million Euros.
Total order value
In the machinery and plants business unit, the total order value amounted to 200 million Euros
which was considerably lower than last year’s total order value of 502 million Euros.
The machinery and plants business unit has maintained its leading position on the world market
for equipment for the wood-based materials industry. The full use of our capacities resulted in very
positive results. After a weak fi rst half-year, an upturn of the investment climate became apparent
in the second half-year of 2009 which was refl ected in our total order quantity. The end of the economic
downswing in summer of 2009 can be clearly attributed to impulses from foreign countries.
A total order value of 628 million Euros ensures the use of our capacities into the year 2011.
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