Bucher Vaslin

Bucher Vaslin develops and produces equipment destined exclusively for winemaking, from grape processing through to the finest quality wines. Thanks to gentle processing of the fruit, versatile adaptation to different grape varieties and special filtration systems, the wines develop optimum aroma, color and tannins.

Website Bucher Vaslin

Bucher Unipektin

Bucher Unipektin is a competent partner, manufacturer and supplier of machines and systems for the beverage and food industry. The fruit and vegetable juices, dried instant products and filtered beers produced in the plants, are of high aromatic quality.

Website Bucher Unipektin

Bucher Landtechnik

Bucher Landtechnik distributes machines which are geared to the specific requirements of Swiss farmers: tractors, harvesting technology, machinery and equipment from the Group’s own production as well as from leading international suppliers.

Website Bucher Landtechnik

Jetter

Jetter develops and manufactures control systems for machinery and systems engineering and process technology. They are used in the industrial and mobile automation segments.

Website Jetter

«With more than 100 years of experience in fruit and grape presses, we are the preferred partner of our customers.»

Stefan Düring
Bucher Specials division president

Key figures Bucher Specials

CHF million

Change in

2019

2018

%

%1)

%2)

Order intake

323.5

300.5

7.7

9.5

5.2

Net sales

316.0

308.8

2.3

4.1

−‍0.4

Order book

81.7

74.1

10.3

11.7

11.2

Operating profit (EBITDA)

24.7

30.7

−‍19.5

as % of net sales

7.8%

10.0%

Operating profit (EBIT)

19.5

25.7

−‍24.1

as % of net sales

6.2%

8.3%

Number of employees at 31 December

948

888

6.8

4.6

Average number of employees during year

953

884

7.8

4.5

1) Adjusted for currency effects

2) Adjusted for currency and acquisition effects

Composition and calculation of additional performance measures that are not defined by Swiss GAAP FER.