Koenig & Bauer AG Financial Statements For 2011

Thriving business in special presses
Brisk demand for security, metal-decorating and coding equipment helped swell the group order intake to €1,552.1m – its highest level since the record year of 2006 and 20.8 percent up on 2010 (€1,284.9m). The backlog of unfilled orders almost doubled from €440.8m to €825.7m. But at €1,167.2m group sales were marginally below the prior-year figure of €1,179.1m due to shipping delays and weak demand for sheetfed and web offset presses in the second half-year.