Preliminary figures for 2023 and outlook
According to preliminary figures, Plan Optik AG’s consolidated sales increased by EUR 1,787 thousand in the 2023 financial year from EUR 11,466 thousand to EUR 13,253 thousand. Consolidated sales had already increased by EUR 1,999 thousand in 2022. The strong growth in 2023 is largely due to successful medical and pharmaceutical products in the microfluidics business segment. In addition, the positive development in the carrier wafer business segment contributed significantly to the growth in sales. Carrier wafers are used for production in the semiconductor industry.
According to preliminary figures, the Group’s EBITDA rose to EUR 3,075 thousand in the 2023 financial year, compared to EUR 2,748 thousand in the previous year. The EBITDA margin was therefore 23%. EBIT rose from EUR 2,040 thousand to EUR 2,320 thousand and EBT from EUR 1,981 thousand to EUR 2,298 thousand.
While the Executive Board expects this successful development to continue from 2025 onwards, a significant temporary decline in Group sales and earnings is expected for the current 2024 financial year. Several customers have announced plans to reduce their inventories. From today’s perspective, this will lead to one-off shifts in sales. Inventories are currently being reduced across all sectors now that material supplies have become more secure again worldwide.
From 2025 onwards, the Executive Board expects the Group’s sales and profits to increase significantly again once customer inventories have been cleared and a return to the previously planned growth path. This is because, at the same time as existing customers are expected to return to their usual orders, additional customers are likely to start series production based on microstructured elements and components from Plan Optik.
In order to be able to meet the demand forecast for the coming years, production capacities are currently being expanded across the Group. In this context, the production areas at the Hungarian site have also recently been significantly expanded.
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IR contact
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Stefan Thoma
PLANOPTIK AG
Ueber der Bitz 3
D-56479 Elsoff
Telefon: +49 2664 5068 52
Telefax: +49 2664 5068 91
E-Mail: investor.relations@planoptik.com
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Disclaimer Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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This document is an English language translation of the German document. In case of discrepancies, the German language document is the sole authoritative and universally valid version. For technical reasons, there may be differences between the accounting records appearing in this document and those published pursuant to legal requirements.
The documents provided on this website contain statements related to our future business and financial performance and future events or developments involving PLANOPTIK that may constitute forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by words such as „expect,“ „look forward to,“ „anticipate“ „intend,“ „plan,“ „believe,“ „seek,“ „estimate,“ „will,“ „project“ or words of similar meaning. We may also make forward-looking statements in other reports, in presentations, in material delivered to shareholders and in press releases. In addition, our representatives may from time to time make oral forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on the current expectations and certain assumptions of PLANOPTIK`s management, of which many are beyond PLANOPTIK´s control. These are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and factors, which are described in our publications – in particular in the ‘Opportunities and Risks’ sections of the Management Report in the Annual Report and the Interim Management Report in the Half-Yearly Report – but are not limited to these. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying expectations not occur or assumptions prove incorrect, actual results, performance or achievements of PLANOPTIK may (negatively or positively) vary materially from those described explicitly or implicitly in the relevant forward-looking statement. PLANOPTIK neither intends, nor assumes any obligation, to update or revise these forward-looking statements in light of developments which differ from those anticipated.
This document is an English language translation of the German document. In case of discrepancies, the German language document is the sole authoritative and universally valid version. For technical reasons, there may be differences between the accounting records appearing in this document and those published pursuant to legal requirements.