Castles Technology Co. Ltd. · TWSE:5258
Castles Technology — Investor Conference 2024
26 slides from Castles Technology's conference presentation, Apr 30, 2024
Slide 1: Castles Technology Investor Conference
Castles Technology 【5258】 Investor Conference 2024/04/30
Slide 2: Disclaimer
Disclaimer Certain information set forth in this presentation contains “forward-looking information”, including “future- oriented operation and financial information” and “business outlook” based on collections of current Company information and external economic development. Actual future results i
Slide 3: Agenda
Agenda 1. Company Introduction 2. Operation Overview 3. Financial Overview 4. Industry Overview 5. New Products and Applications 6. Operating Strategies & Forecast
Slide 4: Company Introduction
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Slide 5: About Castles Technology
About Castles Technology ❖ Operation ✦ Top domestic manufacturer and solution provider of IC card reader and POS ✦ Headquartered in Xindian District, New Taipei City, Castles Technology sells products in more than 50 countries. ❖ Expertise and Market ✦ World leader in payment system technology ✦ Pro
Slide 6: Global Foot Print
Global Foot Print Castles Technology © 2024 Castles Technology Co, Ltd. 5 / 25
Slide 7: Operation Overview
2. Operation Overview CASTLES” TECHNOLOGY
Slide 8: Business Performance – Consolidated Revenue
Business Performance – Consolidated Revenue ❖ The consolidated revenue is NT$ 8.045 billion for 2023, increasing by 8% compared to fiscal year 2022. Unit: NT$ million 8,550 8,045 7,600 7,399 6,650 5,700 4,750 4,455 3,576 3,735 3,800 2,850 1,900 950 '- 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 © 2024 Castles Technolo
Slide 9: Financial Overview
Financial Overview CASTLES” TECHNOLOGY
Slide 10: Consolidated Income Statements
Consolidated Income Statements Unit：NT$ Million Item 2023 % 2022 % YoY Revenue 8,045.03 100% 7,399.99 100% 8% Gross profit 2,681.86 33% 2,317.56 31% 16% Operating expenses Selling expenses 464.76 6% 393.92 5% 18% Administrative expenses 396.51 5% 243.80 3% 63% Research and development expenses 632.6
Slide 11: Industry Overview
Industry Overview CASTLES” TECHNOLOGY
Slide 12: Industry Overview
Industry Overview ❖ Industry Overview Android smart terminal have become mainstream in the market, but due to client applications variations, they are gradually divided into high-end, high-priced models and entry-level models. As there are limited high-end options yet available in the market, we c
Slide 13: Industry Competition
Industry Overview ❖ Industry Competition Faced with market pricing pressures and new industry changes, Castles continues to develop new product applications and integrate advanced technology. The company also strengthens supply chain management and differentiates product lines to meet customers' v
Slide 14: New Retail Industry and Service
Market Trend ❖ New Retail Industry and Service As some financial payment service companies venture into SMB business, high-performance Android terminal have become their preferred choice for replacing POS systems in SMB environments. This trend is growing and expanding in scope. Thus, providing hi
Slide 15: New Opportunities: SMBs and SoftPOS
New Opportunities ❖ New demands for SMBs As the Android system equipment is becoming more popular, commercial software developers are also willing to invest more resources on the Android platform. In order to fulfill SMB (small and medium-seized business) demands, vertically integrated solutions r
Slide 16: New Opportunities: EV Charging
New Opportunities ❖ EV Charging Despite regional differences in banning combustion engine vehicles, it is assured the electric vehicle (EV) era has arrived. EV sales have surged over the past decade, increasing demand for charging infrastructure. Charging station operators traditionally used close
Slide 17: New Products & Applications
New Products & 5. Applications 16 / 25
Slide 18: New Products - EFT POS
New Products - EFT POS Android Saturn S1F4 Pro S1E2 S1U2 Linux Vega V3CT3 © 2024 Castles Technology Co, Ltd. 17 / 25
Slide 19: New Products and Application-UPT
New Products and Application-UPT UPT (Unattended Payment Terminal) Vending Drive Thru Coffee bar EV Charger © 2024 Castles Technology Co, Ltd. 18 / 25
Slide 20: New Product Series – Cloud Services
New Product Series – Cloud Services CWARE CKIT C CORE CTMS CSTORE CECR CINVOICE © 2024 Castles Technology Co, Ltd. 19 / 25
Slide 21: New Product Series – SoftPOS
New Product Series – SoftPOS ❖ SoftPOS enables secure and fast transactions by using a Android smartphone's NFC to read card information. It connects transaction data with backend systems to complete the transaction. BANK Name Surname 1234 1234 1234 1234 VALID THRU 12/28 © 2024 Castles Technology Co
Slide 22: Operating Strategies & Prospect
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Slide 23: Operating Execution Focus
Operating Execution Focus ❖ Supply Chain Management The global material shortage has been relieved, potential components cost reduction is expected. Furthermore, through supply chain management optimization, increasing production capacity, and collaborating with strategic partners, costs are expec
Slide 24: Operational Strategies
Operational Strategies ❖ Software and Cloud Services In addition to hardware design and sales, cloud services and customer-centric software development have been areas of focus for the company in recent years. The goal is to increase the revenue share from these services annually. ❖ Global Network
Slide 25: Future Prospect
Future Prospect ❖ Improve the Competitiveness of Enterprises Accelerate the progress of product certification in various regions Continue to invest in R&D resources, especially the software Plan for continuously increasing production capacity to meet customer delivery dates Cost reduction an
Slide 26: Thank you
Thank you CASTLES" TECHNOLOGY