The high-tech company Trumpf achieved sales of 4.3 billion euros in the 2024/25 financial year - a decline of 16% compared to the previous year (5.2 billion euros). Order intake fell by 7% to 4.2 billion euros. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) amounted to 59 million euros, compared to 501 million euros in the previous year. Adjusted for structural measures, EBIT amounted to 230 million euros, which corresponds to a return of 5.3%.
Decline in sales in a difficult market environment
CEO Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller attributed the development to the weak global economy and geopolitical uncertainties. Many customers had postponed investments. Nevertheless, according to Leibinger-Kammüller, there were "cautious signs of improvement", as incoming orders had been stabilizing for several months.
Opportunities in new fields of technology
Trumpf expects a gradual recovery for the current financial year up to June 2026. The company sees growth potential particularly in future fields such as electromobility, semiconductor and electronics manufacturing. Smart factory solutions and digital services are also expected to play an increasing role in the machine tool sector. In addition, Trumpf expects many customers to modernize their machine parks after a pause in investment and also rely on solutions with artificial intelligence and networked manufacturing.
Commitment to defensive defense technologies
Against the backdrop of the geopolitical situation, Trumpf is also planning to provide technologies for defense applications in the future - on the condition that these are exclusively defensive in nature. Talks to this effect are currently underway with industrial partners in Germany.
Declining sales in the most important markets
At 700 million euros, Germany remained the strongest individual market in terms of sales (-15% compared to the previous year). In the USA, Trumpf recorded a drop of 17% to 661 million euros, in China a decline of 22% to 482 million euros. The Machine Tools division achieved 2.4 billion euros (-14%), Laser Technology 1.2 billion euros (-14%). The Electronics business division fell by 23% to 442 million euros, the EUV business by 23% to 724 million euros.
Research expenditure remains at a high level
Despite the decline in sales, Trumpf kept its investments in research and development stable. R&D expenditure amounted to 519 million euros (previous year: 530 million euros), which corresponds to a ratio of 12% - well above the industry average. As of June 30, 2025, Trumpf employed around 18,300 people worldwide, 9,337 of them in Germany.
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