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Half Year Figures for 2014 Published
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Half Year Figures for 2014 Published
07.08.2014 / 07:24
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Half Year Figures for 2014 Published
- Q2 Order intake of EUR 36,2 million within guidance
- EBIT reaches EUR 3.4 million in the first half of 2014
- Improved Guidance for 2014
- Publication of order entry expectation for the second half of 2014
Garching, August 7, 2014 - SUSS MicroTec published its report for the first
half of the fiscal year 2014 today. When looking at the second quarter
only, order intake reached EUR 36.2 million, which is 45% higher than in
the first quarter and 1.4% below the EUR 36.7 million in the corresponding
quarter 2013. Sales in the second quarter reached EUR 30.4 million after
EUR 24.9 million a year ago.
Looking at the first half year of 2014, SUSS MicroTec achieved an order
intake of EUR 61.2 million after EUR 71.6 million in the previous year.
After the closure of the product line permanent bond cluster systems, the
Substrate Bonder division achieved an order intake of EUR 6.5 million (H1
2013: EUR 17.2 million). Order intake in the Lithography segment decreased
by 21%. In the Photomask Equipment segment order entry came in at EUR 9.1
million after EUR 3.4 million one year ago. Total sales came in at EUR 69.4
million, which is 26.2% above the EUR 55.0 million of the previous year.
Thus, order backlog amounted to 77.7 EUR million at June 30, 2014 (June 30,
2013: 102.5 EUR million).
The Group's largest division, Lithography, recorded an 18% increase in
sales in the first half of the year to EUR 43.8 million (previous year: EUR
37.1 million). The Photomask Equipment division indicated a lower
contribution to sales of EUR 7.8 million (previous year: EUR 9.2 million).
This corresponds to a decrease of approximately 15%. The Substrate Bonder
division was able to contribute sales of EUR 15.2 million in the first half
of the year (previous year: EUR 6.6 million). Sales in the Others division
increased from the previous year to EUR 2.7 million (previous year: EUR 2.0
million).
The gross profit margin for SUSS MicroTec Group increased in the first half
of the year to 32.3% (H1 2013: 12.4%). Besides the elimination of one-time
costs for restructuring the Substrate Bonder division, the segments
Lithography, Photomask Equipment and Substrate Bonder displayed a better
performance and contributed positively to the gross margin.
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of EUR 3.4 million were higher
than the EUR -15.0 million of the previous year. However, EBIT for the
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