法蘭克福展览年度公司最新财报显示,公司在2020年一共在全球举办153场展览会(约为上一年的三分之一),总销售额达到2.5亿欧元。公司在2019年曾创下7.38亿欧元的史上最高纪录。
公司总裁马赋康表示,由于往年的财务积累,公司得以融获额外资本,保证了现金流。同时,公司还制定了可以有效应对危机的过渡时期策略。公司也已经与职工代表签署了尽量不裁员合约,并采纳了政府的短期工作计划。根据目前的业务态势,公司至少要到2024年才能恢复到疫情之前的业绩。
Surprise for Messe Frankfurt
A broad global presence and digital expertise benefited Messe Frankfurt in fiscal year 2020: The company was able to hold 153 events worldwide (around a third) and generated group sales of around 250 million euros, after its all-time sales record of 738 million euros in fiscal year 2019. However, the company continues to run a loss into three-digit millions.
Thanks to its financial strength in recent years, the company has been able to secure additional funds on the capital markets, thus allowing it to safeguard liquidity, explained president and chief executive officer Wolfgang Marzin.
The company had a medium-term bridging strategy that could be adapted to each individual situation, he continued. The trade fair company is keen to avoid redundancies. A new works agreement has been, relatively discreetly, signed with the employee representatives, based on a socially responsible reduction of personnel costs with a view to safeguarding jobs: Employees are foregoing variable remuneration components until 2022, no vacancies will be advertised externally. In addition, the short-time working scheme made available by the government will be taken up.