KUKA reports highest orders received, sales revenues in 2011

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  • Feb 22,12
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KUKA reports highest orders received, sales revenues in 2011

QUANTEC.jpgDriven by the strong global demand for robot-based automation, KUKA Group's preliminary results for the financial year just ended set new records. Orders received, sales and EBIT all hit new highs. Both divisions - Robotics and Systems - contributed to these excellent results. KUKA Group's preliminary numbers for 2011 break down as follows:

Orders received for the year just ended came in at EUR 1,553.0 million, up 36.0 per cent from the year prior's EUR 1,142.3 million. It is the best ever result in KUKA's history. Robotics' orders received rose 34.6 per cent to EUR 654.4 million, which compares to EUR 486.2 million last year. Strong growth came from both the automotive and general industry sectors. Due to the seasonal decline in order releases, particularly by the automotive industry, Robotics' orders received in Q4/11 of EUR 113.3 million were weaker than in prior quarters of 2011, but still 11.0 per cent higher than in the same quarter of 2010. Systems was able to win numerous major automotive industry orders, especially for car body and assembly systems, but also general industry orders. Year-over-year, orders received were up 27.9 percent. In total, the division's orders received reached EUR 916.6 million, which compares to EUR 716.8 million in 2010.

KUKA Group's sales revenues for the financial year just ended peaked at EUR 1,435.6 million, up a full 33.1 per cent from the EUR 1,078.6 million achieved in 2010. KUKA was able to steadily grow sales in each quarter, and driven by multiple project completion in Systems, brought in EUR 403.2 million in Q4/11, the highest quarterly number in 2011. Robotics' sales revenues in 2011 reached EUR 616.3 million, up 41.5 percent from the prior year's EUR 435.7 million. Systems' sales revenues rose 22.4 per cent, to EUR 850.7 million from EUR 695.3 million in 2010.

At the same time, KUKA Group's order backlog rose again and reached a high EUR 724.0 million at the end of the 2011. This represents an increase of 14.8 per cent from the EUR 630.5 million reported on the December 31, 2010. Robotics' order backlog at the end of 2011 was EUR 184.4 million, up 23.8 per cent year-over-year, while Systems had EUR 545.0 on hand, an increase of 9.0 percent over the year prior.

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