Quarterly report 2024
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The vibration business has for many years delivered stable growth and returns
with an operating profit in 2023 of around 10%. This has been delivered by
selling sorting solutions based on Vibration technology in the three main
customer segments.
We have started the year with a refreshed focus on our strategy and the new
SKAKO runs a more focused business based on vibration technology and sorting
solutions. SKAKO operates in 3 growing customer segments:
• Recycling – with growth driven by macro societal trends and large
investments in key European markets
• Minerals/Mining – with growth driven by the need for a green transition
• Fasteners for the automotive industry and the building industry – with
leading position in key markets holding a large customer base
Operating profit in line with last year despite revenue decline
In Q1 2024 SKAKO experienced a decline in revenue of 4.5% due to
deteriorating markets conditions in the Fasteners customer segment. Despite
this, operating profit remained unchanged at DKK 4.6m driven by shift towards
aftersales and lower capacity cost.
Order intake, backlog and revenue
The year started up with a lower momentum than last year in the fasteners
business which was impacted by destocking and lower activity in especially the
German automotive and the building industry. Easter being placed in Q1 this
year compared to Q2 last year also has a negative impact on revenue in Q1
2024. This led to a decline in total order intake of 5.6% compared to Q1 2023
giving a decline in the order backlog of 14.9% compared to the same time last
year. However, compared to the end of 2023 the backlog increased with 7.2%.
Due to the slow down in the Fasteners business and negative impact from
Easter, total revenue declined with 4.5 % compared to Q1 2023. Revenue from
plant sales declined with 9.1% while revenue from aftersales increased with
7.0% with a positive impact on gross profit and operating profit margins.
The pipeline in all three customer segments is still solid. However, in the
Fasteners segment customers are more hesitant and delaying orders which is
expected to continue for the next 1-2 quarters. The pipeline is still very strong in
Recycling and Minerals with some very large orders in Minerals coming up for
decision in the next two quarters.
Recycling
Recyling continued the strong momentum with an increase in order intake of
20% benefitting from the strong macro and societal trends. Revenue only
increased with 1.7% in Q1 2024 due to the negative impact from Easter.
Minerals
Minerals was also impacted negativily by Easter and showed a more modest
development in Q1. As a consequence revenue showed a slight decline of 0.6%.
Minerals has a strong pipeline and revenue growth is expected to develop in line
with our mid term ambitions in the coming quarters.
Fasteners
As mentioned order intake in Fasteners was severly impacted by Easter,
destocking and hesitant decision making of customers leading to a decline in
order intake of 40% and a decline in revenue of 25%. We expect the weakend
demand to continue for the next 1-2 quarters.
Financial performance Q1 2024