Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR
Tornos confirms the good results of the previous year
- Growth in net sales of 11%
- Order backlog further increased
- Various infrastructure projects advanced or completed
The Tornos Group has carried the momentum of the previous year into 2022, and confirmed its good results for the first half of the year. Compared to the first half of 2021, net sales rose by another 11%. Tornos saw a significant increase in Europe and the United States in particular, while the operating conditions remained very challenging with frequent disruptions in the global supply chain for raw materials and supplier products. The restrictions imposed by the local authorities to combat the coronavirus pandemic were felt most keenly in Asia, above all in China.
Although the Group’s order intake for the first half of 2022 did not quite reach the high figure for the same period of 2021, it still clearly exceeded the net sales (book-to-bill ratio: 1.05). The order backlog of the Tornos Group amounted to an impressive CHF 63.3 million as of June 30, 2022. This surpasses the already very high level of end-2021 by 6.7% (December 31, 2021: CHF 59.3 million). In terms of expenses, Tornos faced various cost increases for materials, energy and transportation in the first six months of 2022.
Development of key figures
Overall, Tornos posted order intake of CHF 98.3 million in the first half of 2022 (first half of 2021: CHF 104.6 million, -6.1%) and net sales of CHF 93.7 million (first half of 2021: CHF 84.4 million, +11.0%). EBIT2) fell from CHF 11.1 million to CHF 8.8 million. Without the writeback of value adjustment provisions in the amount of CHF 4.6 million, EBIT2) for the first six months of 2022 would come to CHF 4.2 million (first half of 2021: CHF 3.9 million, excluding a book gain from a property sale of CHF 0.7 million). As a result of the changed market conditions and the usability of its inventory, the Tornos Group has introduced a refined method for value adjustment provisions that takes even better account of the specific circumstances at Tornos. It is described in detail in the half-year report 2022 on pages 15 and 16.
Significant rise in orders in medical and dental technology
In the first half of 2022, the Tornos Group was particularly successful in its biggest sales market, medical and dental technology, increasing order intake from CHF 11.0 million to CHF 18.2 million (+65%). As was the case at the end of 2021, it thus remains Tornos’ biggest market segment in terms of sales, followed by the automotive industry. Tornos also received more orders from the electronics and watchmaking industries in the first half of 2022 compared with the same period of 2021.
Significant rise in sales of SwissNano
The SwissNano Swiss-type automatic lathe, produced in Switzerland, again had considerably more customers in all sales markets in the first six months of 2022 than in the same period of the previous year. Demand for machines produced by Tornos in Taiwan also rose sharply. Due to the much stricter local coronavirus restrictions, the production of Tornos machines in China was severely limited in the first half of 2022.
Infrastructure projects
The Tornos Group completed or pressed ahead with a number of infrastructure projects in the first half of 2022, including in São Paolo (Brazil), where Tornos opened a 300 square-meter Customer Center, and in Kąty Wrocławskie (Poland), where the Group brought a new production plant into operation. Here, it will primarily overhaul and modernize older DECO 10 systems. There are currently around 40 qualified employees working for Tornos in Poland. Some of them are active worldwide in order to ensure an efficient, high-quality global customer service.
In Taiwan, construction work has commenced on a new production building. This should be operational by the end of 2023 and create the ideal conditions for continuing the successful production of mid-priced and lower-priced Tornos machines in Taiwan.
Outlook
In view of the high order backlog, the Tornos Group remains optimistic regarding the second half of 2022. It is still not possible to provide any specific guidance due to the continuing unpredictability of the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Uncertainties remain regarding the availability of raw materials and supplier parts and their price development. With its product portfolio, which is excellently geared to customer needs, its steadily expanding services and its flexible structure, the Tornos Group remains well equipped for a wide variety of scenarios.
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