Wednesday 07. April 2010
Model railway manufacturer Roco and Fleischmann - strong 1st quarter
Sales and orders clearly positive - Fleischmann works operationally balanced - Romanian Model quality certified site
The latest technology and precise hand dominate the production of the model trains of Roco and Fleischman
The Model-railway Holding GmbH, with its two brands Fleischmann and Roco first quarter of 2010 grew strongly in the. Year on year sales increase was achieved by 20 percent. Total revenue model, both brands by the end of March 2010, a 12 million euro against 10 million in the comparable period in 2009 totaled. The company was the model train on 7 April at the headquarters in Bergheim near Salzburg known. For CEO Dipl.-Ing. Leopold Heher confirmed this result on that course. Following the restructuring of Fleischmann and the redefinition of the brands Fleischmann and Roco in the past year market offensive in 2010 in the center. "We felt great after the Christmas season in the seasonally weaker first quarter of 2009 significant tailwind. The product initiatives at Roco, Fleischmann H0 and N, we will grow strongly in 2009 compared, "said Heher. The group has the current year, a growth of around six per cent budgeted for, ie 53 million euros from 50 million euros in 2009, and after three months ahead of schedule.
The growth of the group in the first quarter is distributed evenly among the three distinct worlds of the model Holding GmbH. Especially significant is the positive developments in Germany and Austria. Fleischmann H0 and N are located in its home market of Germany, even more than the general growth of the group. The same applies to Roco in Austria. Particularly significant is the increase in sales for Roco in France, where the redesign of a classic French steam locomotive has led to double sales to. "The brothers Fleischmann GmbH & Co KG with the remaining 130 employees at its headquarters in Heilsbronn and the 60 employees in Arad, Romania on a good way, "Heher said. In the first three months of the new structure was working smoothly. It was the first time in many years, a balanced operating result was achieved. Since March 2010, the Romanian model-assembly plant of Arad became the first foreign group based in the model train industry with a quality certificate awarded in German.
DQS German Registrar for Management Systems has the Romanian location, the locomotives and wagons by Fleischmann and Roco mounted in are ISO 9001 (quality management) certified and therefore confirmed that local management and production processes to strict German requirements that. "We have gone into such a first in the industry. We have independently verified, and we are proud to demonstrate that we are strict German quality standards in Romania fully comply, "says CEO Heher.
The company model Holding GmbH, based in Bergheim near Salzburg (Austria) is one of the two marks Fleischmann Roco and the most important European manufacturers of model railroad industry and is the European leader in the segment DC. It accounts for 740 employees with approximately 50 million euros (2009) and holds an overall market share in Europe by 25 percent. The Model Holding GmbH pursues the vision of the myth model through product innovation, systems expertise and modern production structures to give new impetus.
