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2026
Annual General Meeting approves all proposals
The shareholders of Komax Holding AG approved all the proposals of the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting held at the KKL Lucerne on 9 April 2026. They confirmed Andreas Häberli as Chairman of the Board of Directors and re-elected all other members standing for election.
Ad hoc Komax Group undertakes realignment
Following a largely completed transformation phase, the Komax Group is realigning itself in order to take advantage of growth opportunities as they arise. To implement this new course, the Board of Directors is relying on new leadership, which means that CEO Matijas Meyer is leaving the Komax ...
Ad hoc Komax Group significantly reduces costs and achieves positive operating result
In 2025, the Komax Group implemented a comprehensive package of measures in a challenging, volatile environment and adapted its structures to the changed market situation. This will reduce its cost base by CHF 25 million from 2026. Due to ongoing geopolitical tensions, customer willingness to ...
Komax Group demonstrates automation expertise in Next2OEM project with Audi
Since 2023, the Komax Group has been part of the innovative Next2OEM research project, which aims to achieve a maximum degree of automation in wire harness manufacturing and thus revolutionize automotive production. The project will be successfully completed in the next few days and officially ...
Ad hoc Cost reductions are having an impact – positive result despite restructuring costs and negative currency effects
Since 2024, the Komax Group has consistently adapted its cost structure to a changing market situation. This is positively reflected in the 2025 business result. Despite restructuring costs, negative currency effects, and the US tariff policy, the Komax Group achieved a slightly positive ...
Ad hoc CFO Christian Mäder to leave the Komax Group
Christian Mäder will leave the Komax Group at the end of June 2026 to take up the CFO position at a leading Swiss industrial company. The search for his successor will be initiated immediately.
2025
Komax Group initiates patent infringement proceedings against competitor
The Komax Group has initiated legal proceedings against a Chinese competitor, Hacint Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd, due to the probable infringement of several patents.
Komax Group wins productronica Innovation Award
The Komax Group has been honored with the productronica Innovation Award 2025 in the Cables, Coils & Hybrids category. The award went to the new Adaptive Incision Control (AIC) quality monitoring system – an innovation that ensures consistently high quality, greater process reliability, reduced ...
Ad hoc Focus on sustainable profitability: Komax Group reduces costs considerably
The first half of 2025 was characterized by significant challenges in various regions and high volatility, which intensified further from April onward due to US tariff policy. The markets in the industry and infrastructure sectors continued to develop positively. This resulted in a slightly ...
Annual General Meeting elects Andreas Häberli as new Chairman of the Board of Directors and approves all further proposals
At the Annual General Meeting held on 16 April 2025 at KKL Lucerne, the shareholders of Komax Holding AG approved all of the Board of Directors’ proposals. They elected Andreas Häberli as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Daniel Lippuner to the Board of Directors.
Ad hoc Komax Group reports positive operating profit despite considerably lower order intake and revenues
The Komax Group looks back on an extremely challenging year. Customers invested less due to excess capacities as well as geopolitical uncertainties, and this led to a significant decline in order intake (–15.9%), revenues (–16.2%), and operating profit (EBIT, –76.3%). The Komax Group reacted ...
Ad hoc Komax Group records higher order intake in second half of 2024
2024 brought extremely challenging market conditions for the Komax Group. Demand for its products increased slightly in the second half of the year, leading to an order intake that was 14% higher than in the first six months. The overall order intake for 2024 amounted to CHF 577.2 million, with ...
Komax Group takes up stake in E-Plus in China
The Komax Group acquired a minority 5% stake in E-Plus at the end of 2024. It is thus entering into a partnership with the biggest provider of digital smart factory solutions for the wire processing industry in China.
2024
Ad hoc Board of Directors of Komax Holding AG nominates Andreas Häberli for election as Chairman at the 2025 Annual General Meeting
Beat Kälin, who has acted as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Komax Holding AG since 2015, has decided to step down as Chairman at the next Annual General Meeting. The Board of Directors is nominating Andreas Häberli as new Chairman. Beat Kälin will remain a member of the Board. Moreover, ...
Ad hoc The Komax Group is making good progress in the implementation of its strategy
In September 2023 the Komax Group announced its new strategy and its mid-term targets for 2028. Since then, it has made good progress in the implementation of its strategy. It has strengthened its position in China, expanded its service business, and optimized its distribution network, location ...
Ad hoc Consistent cost reduction and structural optimizations as the basis for future profitable growth
The first six months of 2024 were shaped by excess capacity in the automotive industry in Europe and Asia and persistent global uncertainties, leading to scaled-back investment activity on the part of customers. This resulted in an order intake that was down 22.1% at CHF 269.5 million (H1 2023: ...
Ad hoc Komax Group mastering challenging market situation
The Komax Group currently finds itself in a market environment shaped by uncertainties and excess capacity in some places, which is why its customers are investing less and postponing projects. As a consequence, it is witnessing a significant decline in its revenues. The Komax Group already ...
Annual General Meeting elects Annette Heimlicher as a new member of the Board of Directors and approves all other proposals
At the Annual General Meeting held on 17 April 2024 at the Culture and Convention Center in Lucerne, the shareholders of Komax Holding AG approved all the proposals of the Board of Directors. They confirmed the re-appointment of the members of the Board of Directors standing for re-election, and ...
Komax Group strengthens its market position in China
The Komax Group is acquiring a majority share in Chinese company Hosver – the leading Chinese manufacturer of processing machinery for high-voltage cables. These are needed in vehicles with electric drive systems, a strong growth area in China.
Ad hoc The Komax Group held its own in a difficult market environment and significantly increased revenues
The Komax Group faced a challenging market environment in 2023. Despite this, revenues increased by 24.0% to CHF 752.0 million, a consequence in particular of the combination with Schleuniger, which was completed at the end of August 2022. Order intake increased slightly (+1.3%) to CHF 686.5 ...
Annette Heimlicher stands for election to the Board of Directors of Komax Holding AG
At the Annual General Meeting to be held on 17 April 2024 the Board of Directors of Komax Holding AG will propose that Annette Heimlicher, CEO of the Contrinex Group since 2012, be elected as a new member of the Board. Kurt Haerri will not be standing for re-election due to term-of-office ...
Ad hoc Komax Group revises outlook for 2023 financial year
On the basis of a subdued business performance towards the end of 2023, the Komax Group does not expect to achieve its forecast for the 2023 financial year communicated in March 2023. It now anticipates revenues of approximately CHF 750 million (previously: CHF 770 million) and an EBIT margin of ...
2023
Komax Group wins Swiss Manufacturing Award 2023
The expansion of the Komax Group’s headquarters in Dierikon, Switzerland, and the combination with Schleuniger are a clear commitment to Switzerland as a business location. In recognition of this, the Institute of Technology Management at the University of St. Gallen presented the Swiss ...
Komax Group strengthens its market position in France, Morocco, and Tunisia
The integration of the Schleuniger Group into the Komax Group has been proceeding according to plan since the combination at the end of August 2022. This includes, for example, the optimization of the global sales and service network to be able to respond to customers’ needs in the best possible ...
Ad hoc Komax Group targets revenues of more than CHF 1 billion and EBIT of over CHF 120 million for 2028
The Komax Group has revised its Strategy 2028 and set itself ambitious targets. It aims to continue its strong and profitable growth and to generate revenues of CHF 1.0 to 1.2 billion and an operating profit (EBIT) of CHF 120 to 160 million in 2028. This corresponds to average annual growth in ...
Ad hoc Gratifying organic revenue growth and very high free cash flow
In a volatile market environment, overall demand for solutions for the automation of wire processing was good in the first six months of 2023, although business activities in China lagged well behind expectations. The Komax Group recorded an order intake amounting to CHF 346.2 million, an ...
Annual General Meeting approves dividend increase
At the Annual General Meeting held on 12 April 2023 at the Culture and Convention Center Lucerne, the shareholders of Komax Holding AG approved all the proposals of the Board of Directors. Among other things, they confirmed all incumbent members of the Board of Directors for another term of ...
Ad hoc The Komax Group posts a record result and looks to the future with confidence
2022 was an extraordinary year for the Komax Group: It strengthened its competitiveness over the long term through the combination with Schleuniger. It also posted new record figures for order intake (CHF 678.1 million, +40.6%), revenues (CHF 606.3 million, +44.0%), and operating profit (EBIT; ...
Ad hoc Komax Group sells its building in Rotkreuz, with a positive impact on the 2023 result
The Komax Group has sold its building at the production site in Rotkreuz for a price that will increase the 2023 operating profit (EBIT) by around CHF 11 million. As it still requires the production space until the production and office building acquired in 2021 at the headquarters in Dierikon ...
Ad hoc The Komax Group records a high order intake and strong revenue growth
The Komax Group set new records in 2022 in terms of order intake and revenues, with order intake 40.6% higher than in the previous year, at CHF 678.1 million (2021: CHF 482.4 million). Revenues likewise registered an increase of more than 40%, to just over CHF 600 million (2021: CHF 421.1 million).
2022
Christian Mäder to take over as CFO of the Komax Group on 1 October 2023
Andreas Wolfisberg, CFO of the Komax Group since 1996, will reach retirement age in December 2023 and will retire at the end of 2023. He will be succeeded by Christian Mäder, currently CFO of the Artemis Group. To ensure a smooth handover, Christian Mäder will start working for the Komax Group ...
Oliver Blauenstein to join the Executive Committee of Komax
As of January 2023 the Komax Executive Committee will again be complete: Oliver Blauenstein will be joining the Komax Group from ABB and will be responsible for testing activities as a member of the Executive Committee. Since the beginning of 2022 this area has been managed on an interim basis ...
Ad hoc Komax raises revenues forecast
The trend towards increasing automation in wire processing has continued in the second half of 2022, and the Komax Group has reported further pleasing order intake. There are still huge challenges in the supply chains. Nevertheless, the Komax Group has been able to increase its production volume ...
Ad hoc Combination of Komax and Schleuniger completed
The Schleuniger Group is now part of the Komax Group: the combination of Komax Holding AG and Schleuniger AG was completed on 30 August 2022. The Schleuniger Group will be consolidated as of 1 September 2022. The Komax Group expects to generate revenues of CHF 560 to 580 million and an EBIT ...
Ad hoc Komax receives numerous orders and increases profitability significantly
The first half of 2022 was characterized by a high order intake – on the one hand due to the trend of automation at customers, and on the other because the war in Ukraine triggered various extraordinary orders. Overall, Komax recorded an order intake of CHF 342.8 million, which equates to a rise ...
Ad hoc Competition authorities grant clearance for combination of Komax and Schleuniger
Komax Holding AG has received clearance from the relevant competition authorities for the combination with Schleuniger AG. Closing of the combination and the associated capital increase will take place at the end of August 2022.
Komax expands offering in India with its own testing company
At the beginning of May 2022 Komax opened its new company Komax Testing India Pvt. Ltd. in Pune, thus increasing its proximity to customers in India’s growing testing business. In the process, Komax has taken over the internal testing system production from its Indian customer Dhoot Transmission ...
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 ...
Ad hoc Ongoing upward trend at Komax – strong positioning for the future
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 ...
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 ...