Record year 2016 in all Interroll products

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Interroll scored a record year 2016, with order intake increased by 5,2%, to a level of CHF 405,2 million, and net sales increased by 11,3%, to the highest ever level of CHF 401,5 million. All regions and product groups contributed to the results: the product group Rollers had consolidated sales of CHF 93,5 million, while the product group Drives (motors and drives for conveying systems) amounted to CHF 123,6 million, an increase of 12,1%. The high demand fro RollerDrives, driven conveyor rollers, required an increase in capacity at the Wermelskirchen site in Germany, with total investments of 8 million euro between 2016-2017. The product group Pallet & carton flow increased its sales by 27,5%, to CHF 63,5 million, and the product group Conveyors and sorters generated consolidated sales of CHF 120,9 million, growing by 12,8% compared to 2015.

All European markets developed positively, with a very positive interest showed to the focus on activities on the Tire & automotive industry. The Americas region sales increased by 2,3%, and Interroll paid tribute to the strong growth dynamics 2016 in Central America by founding a sales and service company in Mexico City. Sales increased also in the Asia-Pacific region, by 15%. By posting record incoming orders, the Group has then gotten off to a good start into financial year 2017 in all regions, but expects growth in profit to flatten out in the current financial year. Interroll will devote more resources to r&d, with an additional approx. CHF 4-5 million to be spent on the development and expansion of promising industrial applications in 2017 and 2018, to contribute the further growth of the Group in the long term with innovative and new products and solutions.

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