GERMANY - With an increase in turnover of 30 % – turnover rose to 160 million EURO (2013: 123 million EURO) – IMA Klessmann GmbH ended the financial year 2014.

Also, the order books are satisfyingly full: the orders on the book at the end of 2014 amounted to 80.1 million EURO (2013: 77 million EURO) – an increase of 2.3 % in comparison with the previous year.

At the same time, the orders position was also inspired by the project business in 2014. The realization of complex plants for highly-reliable, interlinked production continues to be one of the great strengths of the Lübbecke manufacturer of production plants for the wood-processing industry and trade. Special plants for flexible, automated production of wide-ranging and diverse furniture parts in a wide variety of color and of top quality were required – and national and international demand continues to grow. IMA responded to this trend with plants for interlinked, automated Lot size-1 production and was able to extend its market leadership in this sector even further.

"In the meantime this technology makes up 80% of our turnover in all performance classes, tendency continuing to grow. The current discussions about the "Internet of the things" and "Industry 4.0" push this development on further", Rüdiger Schliekmann, the acting partner of IMA Klessmann GmbH, said.