The strong performance in new business was driven by all four business divisions Logistics Solutions, Products & Equipment, Customer Services and Waste & Packaging. At just under two billion euros, incoming orders were up 17.5% on the previous year.

Sales revenue increased by 30%.(more figures for the system integrators can be found here) The biggest sales driver was the Logistics Solutions division, which increased its revenue significantly in the fourth quarter, particularly due to the completion of a number of major intralogistics projects. This included the largest project in the company's history, the e-commerce fulfillment center of one of the leading omnichannel retailers in the USA, which was completed in just three years and launched in time for Black Friday 2021. The Customer Services division also grew and benefited from high project capacity utilization. The Waste & Packaging and Products & Equipment divisions also performed well. The positive earnings trend from the previous year is continuing and, according to preliminary figures, the Group has further significantly increased its profitability.

Steffen Bersch, CEO of the SSI Schaefer Group: "We are satisfied with the course of the financial year, even though the market and the ongoing transformation of the Group remain challenging. As in the industry as a whole, individual activities of the SSI Schaefer Group were also affected by supply problems for key components and increases in material costs in the past financial year. Nevertheless, we have made good progress in all our strategic priorities of innovation, profitability, growth, customer satisfaction, sustainability and employee orientation. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all employees who have contributed to this success."

Technology partnerships strengthened, sustainability strategy on track
A key milestone for the company's claim to be the industry's technology leader in the past financial year was the acquisition of a majority stake in SWAN GmbH, through which SSI Schaefer increased its activities in the area of SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) integration in addition to its own WAMAS software. In the area of driverless transport systems in intralogistics, the already established partnership with the Austrian manufacturer of self-driving vehicles DS Automotion was intensified.