WINCOR NIXDORF – PROVIDING IT SOLUTIONS FOR THE BRANCH OPERATIONS OF BANKS AND RETAILERS.
- International specialist in innovative branch IT solutions for the banking and retail industries
- Supporting the process of change as a means of enhancing user-friendliness and efficiency
- Comprehensive portfolio of hardware, software and services (Glossary)
- Core strengths in branch process automation, platform and applications software, development of self-service solutions and cost-effective operation of branch IT systems
- Presence in around 100 countries, including 37 with own subsidiaries
- We are the second-largest supplier of ATMs in Europe and the world.
- We are the leading supplier of programmable electronic POS (Glossary) (ePOS (Glossary) ) systems in Europe and third-largest in the world.
- More than 9,400 employees worldwide
2007/2008: ANOTHER VERY GOOD YEAR.
- Impressive business performance
- Targets for 2007/2008 safely achieved despite deteriorating economic conditions: Net sales up 8% (adjusted for currency losses: 11%), EBITA (Glossary) up 11%
- Profit for the period (Glossary) up 17%
- Growth in all regions; double-digit growth in Asia/Pacific/Africa and Americas
- Very strong performance in the Banking (Glossary) segment
- Retail (Glossary) segment records slight fall on last year
- Renewed increase in R&D spending
- Significant growth in sales of high-end systems
- Wincor Nixdorf extends leading position as innovator in software market
- Continued success in the area of high-quality services such as Software Integration, Consulting (Glossary) , Managed Services (Glossary) and Outsourcing (Glossary)
MOVING FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE.
- 2007/2008 marked by continuation of previous years’ trends in retail banking and retail industry
- Medium-term growth targets of 6% for net sales and 8% for EBITA remain in place
- Potential slowdown in the short term due to the financial market crisis
- Corresponding action being taken to prepare a flexible response depending on the severity of the financial market and economic crisis
- Outlook for 2008/2009: Despite economic situation, Wincor Nixdorf expects to follow on from last year’s performance and maintain business volume at approximately the same level
- Exploiting new opportunities created by the current economic crisis
- Continued high level of R&D spending to allow company to seize opportunities as they arise
- Expansion of Software Integration, Consulting, Managed Services and Outsourcing business
