The family-owned company from Baden-Württemberg closed the 2021/22 financial year, which ended on March 31, 2022, with sales revenue of EUR 2.288 billion in a difficult market environment characterized by Covid-19, global political uncertainties and material bottlenecks. Compared to the previous year (EUR 2.082 billion), this represents an increase of EUR 206 million (+9.9%). The number of employees grew by 283 to a total of 14,778 worldwide.

Dr. Klaus Geißdörfer, CEO of the ebm-papst Group: "Behind us lies a financial year characterized by high tension on the procurement markets, global political crises and pandemic-related challenges.

Despite great efforts and flexibility at all levels of work - particularly due to the global battle for electronic components - and an investment program of over 140 million euros, we were unable to fully meet the enormous market requirements and demand for our energy-efficient solutions. Nevertheless, we were able to achieve a new record turnover in our company's history."

Outlook for 2022/23

For the current fiscal year 2022/23, ebm-papst is planning for moderate revenue growth. Due to the current global political and economic situation, it is currently not possible to make a reliable revenue forecast. Around 130 million euros will be invested in research and development, in particular to further increase the resource efficiency of the entire product portfolio. In this way, ebm-papst is contributing to the global climate targets and underlining its role as a climate protection company.

The technology leader is responding to the continuing high customer demand for its drive and fan systems with capacity expansions in China and the USA as well as with new research and development buildings and laboratories in Mulfingen. In total, ebm-papst is planning investments of EUR 155 million (+10%) and is thus accelerating the expansion of its "local for local" initiative to further strengthen and increase the independence of its regions Asia, Europe and North America.

"ebm-papst is well positioned worldwide and has great potential in its markets," says Geißdörfer. "In order to be sustainably successful and fit for the future, we have launched our "Building the future together" program. With this, we are creating the conditions for further growth, accelerating the international and networked alignment of our organization, sharpening our current business areas, standardizing global processes and creating the foundation for a common system landscape. This will enable us to expand our range of products and services for our customers in the medium term and focus on long-term, sustainable growth. Our clear focus is on the megatrends of digitalization and climate neutrality."