Huber+Suhner AG (0QNH) Q4 2021 Earnings Call

Investor webinar replay

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Speaker 1: Good morning and welcome to the presentation of HuberSUNO's Speaker 1: full year result for 2021. Speaker 1: It's a great pleasure to welcome also some people physically in the room. It's always nice Speaker 1: to see some faces in front of 1 Speaker 1: and not just speak with the camera. Speaker 1: I am going to give you a very brief overview Speaker 1: of the business year 2021 Speaker 1: before Speaker 1: Ivo Wechsler will deep dive into the financial results Speaker 1: and its details. Speaker 1: And I will follow up and wrap up with an overview of what we do with regard to sustainability, Speaker 1: re-explain a bit our strategic focus, Speaker 1: how we see the market trends and also give you an outlook for the year 2022. Speaker 1: We will then have a chance to close our presentations with a Q&A session. Speaker 1: Let me give you the big picture and put 2021 Speaker 1: into perspective Speaker 1: to start our presentation. Speaker 1: While we have also suffered in the 1st COVID year from a decline in sales and EBIT, Speaker 1: 2021 Speaker 1: has Speaker 1: started completely differently. Speaker 1: We have seen completely different levels Speaker 1: of business volumes coming in Speaker 1: as of January 2021. Speaker 1: And these levels of business Speaker 1: continued for the full year until its end. Speaker 1: As a result of that, Speaker 1: we could significantly Speaker 1: increase Speaker 1: our order intake by Speaker 1: a growth rate above 30% Speaker 1: and also grow our top line sales by a double digit percentage. Speaker 1: All 3 market segments have contributed. Speaker 1: Important for us, and we will come to that when we look into the markets, is that also our dedicated Speaker 1: growth initiatives, Speaker 1: so the markets for the ...