DGAP-News: Alphaform AG / Key word(s): Quarter Results
Alphaform AG: Alphaform reports strong growth in revenue in the first
quarter of 2015
05.05.2015 / 08:49
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Press release
Alphaform reports strong growth in revenue in the first quarter of 2015
- Confirmation of provisional figures
- Revenue increases to EUR 7.8 million
- EBITDA is EUR -0.6 million
- Forecast confirmed
Feldkirchen, 4 May 2015. Alphaform AG, the leading industrial 3D printing
service provider in Europe published its report for the first quarter of
2015 today. It does not contain any material changes compared with the
provisional figures published on 27 April 2015.
Alphaform achieved the highest revenue in the company's history with EUR
7.8 million following revenue of EUR 7.5 million in the same quarter of the
previous year. The increase in the order backlog from EUR 4.4 million in
the previous quarter to EUR 4.5 million underlines the sustained upward
trend. At the same time, the company continued the turn-around. At EUR -0.6
million and EUR -1.1 million, EBITDA and the group result are still below
the corresponding quarter in the previous year but are already up on the
figures for the fourth quarter of 2014. Alphaform CFO Thomas Kresser
explains, "In 2014, the situation deteriorated quarter by quarter. We
expect it to improve quarter by quarter in 2015."
The Alphaform Excellence programme, which was launched at the beginning of
2014 and stepped up again in autumn 2014, has been a crucial factor in this
progress. Substantial non-recurring expenses were incurred again in
implementing the total of more than 160 individual measures in the first
quarter of 2015. However, all three business segments are already
benefiting from the improvements to structures and processes in production
and the moves to strengthen the sales team.
Revenue in the global 3D printing market will increase five-fold by 2020
Following a good start to the 2015 financial year, Alphaform is confirming
its planning for the year as a whole. The company expects double-digit
growth in revenue and a further improvement in results compared with the
previous year. The consistent implementation of the Alphaform Excellence
programme will also allow the company to benefit from the sustained
momentum of the 3D printing market beyond 2015. New studies indicate that
revenue in this market could increase five-fold by 2020. Alphaform CEO Dr
Hanns-Dieter Aberle says, "When talking to our 2,000 or so customers, we
discover new applications for additive production processes virtually every
week." Alphaform is expanding its capacity accordingly. The new production
site close to the company headquarters in Feldkirchen, which has been
equipped in recent months, stands for the increasing industrialisation of
our production processes. Aberle stresses, "It is up to us to develop the
enormous potential for growth in our market step by step."
The complete quarterly report can be downloaded from
http://www.alphaform.de/de/investor-relations/news/finanzberichte/.
<pre>
Key figures (EUR million) Q1 2015 Q4 2014 Q1 2014
Revenue 7.8 7.3 7.5
EBITDA -0.6 -0.7 0.0
Operating result -1.0 -1.1 -0.3
Group result -1.1 -1.2 -0.4
Earnings per share EUR -0.14 EUR -0.16 EUR -0.06
Equity* 9.5 9.6 8.1
Liquidity* 0.8 2.3 1.2
Total assets* 19.6 20.0 17.6
Employees* 258 249 234
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* on the balance sheet date
About Alphaform
Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Feldkirchen near Munich, Alphaform AG
is a leading European handler for the renovation of industrial development
and production with innovative 3D printing and rapid technologies. As a
service provider, Alphaform guides its clients from product development
through to product manufacture; it assists them in introducing and
utilising innovations and delivers expertise, engineering knowledge,
prototypes, individual parts, small-scale series, series and project
management.
Among others, Alphaform today serves the premium manufacturers of the
automotive industry, mechanical, plant and automotive engineering, the
aerospace industry, tool making and medical technology. Its particular
areas of expertise include complex assembly, lightweight construction and
orthopaedic implants and instruments. It has subsidiaries in Germany,
Finland, Sweden and the UK. Alphaform's shares are listed in the Prime
Standard segment of the Frankfurt stock exchange (code: ATF; securities
code number (WKN): 548 795).
Contact:
Dr. Hanns-Dieter Aberle, CEO Thomas Kresser, CFO
Alphaform AG Alphaform AG
KapellenstraÃe 10 KapellenstraÃe 10
85622 Feldkirchen 85622 Feldkirchen
Tel.: +49 89 905002 35 Tel.: +49 89 905002 35
Fax: +49 89 905002 1035 Fax: +49 89 905002 1035
e-mail: hdaberle@alphaform.de e-mail: tkresser@alphaform.de
Internet: www.alphaform.de Internet: www.alphaform.de
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Language: English
Company: Alphaform AG
KapellenstraÃe 10
85622 Feldkirchen
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)89 905002 - 0
Fax: +49 (0)89 905002 - 90
E-mail: ir@alphaform.de
Internet: www.alphaform.de
ISIN: DE0005487953
WKN: 548795
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich,
Stuttgart
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