Ad hoc Media Releases

4/13/2022 - Ad hoc │Annual General Meeting supports combination of Komax Holding AG and Schleuniger AG
At the Annual General Meeting held on 13 April 2022 at the Culture and Convention Center in Lucerne, the shareholders of Komax Holding AG approved all the proposals of the Board of Directors. Among other items, they approved the creation of the authorized capital required to implement the combination of Komax and Schleuniger.

3/15/2022 - Ad hoc │2021 annual financial statements of the Komax Group
The Komax Group gradually found its way back to “normality” in 2021, and significantly surpassed the results of the challenging previous year in respect of order intake (CHF 482.4 million, +39.7%) and revenues (CHF 421.1 million, +28.5%). Operating profit (EBIT, CHF 44.8 million) ist around four times that of the prior year.

2/9/2022 - Ad hoc │Komax Holding AG and Schleuniger AG seek to merge
For both the Komax Group and the Schleuniger Group, the market for automated wire processing offers many opportunities, but these require significant investment. In order to exploit these opportunities with the necessary speed and thereby secure competitiveness over the long term, the two companies are seeking to implement a quasi-merger.

1/25/2022 - Ad hoc │Preliminary information on 2021 financial year
After a challenging year in 2020, the Komax Group recovered step by step over 2021, helping customers sustainably increase the degree of automation in wire processing thanks to innovative solutions. Order intake was 39.7% higher than in the previous year, at CHF 482.4 million (2020: CHF 345.3 million), while revenues were up by around 28% at approximately CHF 420 million (2020: CHF 327.6 million).

8/17/2021 - Ad hoc │ Komax is on track for recovery and starts the second half of 2021 with strong order books
The Komax Group saw its market situation gradually improve in the first six months of 2021 on the back of the recovery underway in the automotive industry. This enabled Komax to record a strong order intake of CHF 229.1 million (first half of 2020: CHF 143.8 million).

7/8/2021 - Ad hoc │ Komax expecting a strong second half
The market situation gradually improved for the Komax Group in the first half of 2021. After a slow start to the year, orders have increased rapidly since May. Total order intake in the first six months amounted to CHF 230.7 million.

4/14/2021 - Ad hoc │ Annual General Meeting of Komax Holding AG approves all of Board of Directors’ proposals
At the Annual General Meeting of 14 April 2021, the shareholders of Komax Holding AG approved all the proposals of the Board of Directors. As in the previous year, the Annual General Meeting took place at the premises of Komax Holding AG in Dierikon without shareholders attending in person.

3/16/2021 - Ad hoc │ 2020 annual financial statements of the Komax Group
The coronavirus pandemic posed a significant challenge for the Komax Group in 2020 and had a substantial impact on the result for the year. The slump in demand in the automotive industry triggered a sizeable decrease in order intake (CHF 345.3 million) and revenues (CHF 327.6 million). Thanks to the swift implementation of comprehensive cost-cutting measures, Komax proved the robustness of its business model, recording EBIT of CHF 11.3 million despite the adverse circumstances.

1/26/2021 - Ad hoc │ Preliminary information on 2020 financial year
The coronavirus pandemic and associated slump in demand witnessed by the automotive industry posed a significant challenge for the Komax Group in 2020. A massive decline in orders in the first half of the year was followed by a steady improvement in the market situation in the second half.