Packaging machine manufacturer Gerhard Schubert GmbH can look back on a successful financial year. In 2019, the Group achieved an increase in total output of 5.3 per cent to 289 million euros.
Incoming orders also grew in 2019 disproportionately good by 14.5 per cent compared to the previous year. This success was due to 1,400 employees worldwide with their motivated commitment, according to the Crailsheim-based company. The company also benefits from its permanent investmentsas for example in the Schubert Customer Servicethe further development of new digital technologies such as 3D printing, but also through the Market entry in China with the Schubert Robotics branch in Shanghai.
"Despite the high investment costs, we were Margin at the good level in the past financial year of the previous year. We are very satisfied with this overall development and want to continue to consolidate and expand our leading position in the industry in the long term," explains Peter GabrielCommercial Managing Director of Gerhard Schubert GmbH.
That is why the family business Continuous investments The investment in new technologies, employee development and infrastructure are important growth drivers and key factors in the constant upward trend.
Schubert subsidiaries on course for growth
The main contributors to the economic results in 2019 are increasingly the Subsidiaries in North America and the Resurgence of Central Europe and the pleasing development of the Order situation in Asia and Turkey. Schubert North America increased its own turnover with its locations to a total of around 83 million US dollars. The company sees the reasons for this in the continuous Expansion of services and the sharp rise in Awareness of the Schubert brand in North America.
The reinforced Trade fair presence in North America in recent years plays an important role here. Exhibits such as the lightline Flowpacker were the reason for many promising sales talks, which point to a continuation of the positive development in North America. Also In Asia, the demand for automation is increasing for food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics manufacturers, and they are increasingly opting for a Innovative system from Schubert. Favourable conditions also for the new Schubert branch in ShanghaiChina: Only one and a half years after the opening Schubert Robotics already with three orders, a new website and double team strength into the race.
On the road to the future
For decades, the company has invested around eight to ten per cent of its annual turnover in research and development. "This will remain the case in 2020 and the following years," assures Ralf Schubert, Managing Partner of Gerhard Schubert GmbH. With product innovations in the Robot technology Schubert is currently attracting a lot of attention, especially with the presentation of his co-operative robot. So-called Cobots are industrial robots that for the first time no shelter need. Their development is regarded as ground-breaking in the packaging industry.
Schubert is expecting a similar level of interest in the industry from its new Part streaming platform for additive manufacturing of format and spare parts in 3D printing. This virtual platform of the new company founded in 2019 subsidiary Schubert Additive Solutions acts as a virtual warehouse for customers' individual, digitally stored spare parts. With the appropriate access, customers can printed directly with a clickso practically produced in real time become.
The industry is also monitoring current developments in the Titan" software programme. A real existing machine is used as a so-called "digital twin" presented in the visual 3D model on the GRIPS.world platform and can be moved under real conditions directly via the machine control system data.
"This new software fundamentally changes the design of machines and our work processes at Schubert," explains Ralf Schubert.
The company expects the unique Options with 3D configuration and simulation advantages for its customers, which are shorter delivery times and commissioning should pay off.
Promising start to 2020 so far
The Good order backlog at the beginning of the year creates the basis for another successful year in 2020. 80 per cent of the planned annual turnover 2020 The company's order books have been filled and, thanks to the forward-looking utilisation of production capacity, the order range is within the target corridor of five to six months.
The currently increased restrictions of normal business transactions due to the global Measures to contain the coronavirus We are also feeling the effects in all areas. We are doing everything we can in the current situation, to avoid supply bottlenecks and are in constant contact with our customers, suppliers and employees in order to be able to react quickly to changing circumstances on a daily basis. The extent to which the The overall health policy situation is having an impact on companies' results we can't say yet either," says Peter Gabriel.
Expansions at the Crailsheim site
Forward-looking action is also symbolised by the Commitment of the founding family to the headquarters in Crailsheim. The company currently employs 992 people there.
"In the coming years, 300 more jobs will be created through the planned expansion of the site," says Gerhard Schubertthe company founder and managing partner.
Schubert invests a total of 30 million euros in the construction work, which began in autumn 2019 with the relocation of the adjacent country road. By 2023, the company site will be expanded to include a new main access road and additional assembly and office space in the north to create room for further growth.
Source: Gerhard Schubert GmbH
