SSI SCHAEFER Group Achieves Highest Volume of Incoming Orders in Group’s History to Date, With Continued Strong Results in the 2025 Fiscal Year
Incoming orders significantly increased by 8.5% to EUR 2.1 billion
The Logistics Solutions and Customer Services Business Units were the key drivers of incoming orders, each with an increase of over 14%
The Products & Equipment Business Unit continues to operate in an environment of subdued demand and intense competition
The Plastics division with a slight increase in incoming orders and a significant improvement in results, but still affected by the weak automotive sector
Neunkirchen/Siegerland, Germany, March 11, 2026 – The SSI SCHAEFER Group, a family company with over 85 years of history and an internationally leading solution provider for all areas of intralogistics, recorded its most successful fiscal year in a decade in the 2025 fiscal year based on preliminary figures. Earnings before tax (EBT) rose by 18.2% compared with the previous year’s figure. Operational improvements in ongoing projects, higher plant output and consistent cost management were primarily responsible for this momentum.
In terms of incoming orders, the SSI SCHAEFER Group achieved a new record with EUR 2.1 billion, which was 8.5% above the previous year’s figure. This development was driven primarily by the Logistics Solutions (+14.6%) and Customer Services (+14.8%) Business Units, which achieved significant increases in the past fiscal year. One outstanding highlight was the acquisition of a major project in the USA with a volume of around EUR 250 million, which impressively underscores the SSI SCHAEFER Group’s performance in international competition. Furthermore, the Customer Service Business Unit exceeded the half-billion-euro threshold for the first time in terms of incoming orders. In the Products & Equipment Business Unit and in the Plastics Division, however, the difficult market environment and subdued demand had a noticeable impact. This resulted in the Group’s sales revenues falling below the previous year’s figure at EUR 1.7 billion. In addition, project acceptances in the Logistics Solutions unit, the largest business unit of the SSI SCHAEFER Group, have been postponed to 2026.
Peter Edelmann, CEO of the SSI SCHAEFER Group, states: “SSI SCHAEFER looks back on another successful fiscal year. Despite the economic environment still being challenging, we were once again able to achieve a clearly positive result and noticeably improve the quality of our results. The record amount of incoming orders, especially driven by strategically meaningful projects, underscores our performance in the competitive market. With the ‘Strategy 2030’, which will prepare the company for the future, and our consistent customer focus, we are creating the conditions for us to continue on our path of sustainable, profitable growth.”
The implementation of the “Future Concept Neunkirchen” was purposefully pushed forward: The associated targeted investments in new systems, in the tens of millions, were placed with the aim of sustainably strengthening the competitiveness of the production site at the headquarters of the family company.
For the ongoing 2026 fiscal year, despite the challenging market conditions still expected by the industry association VDMA, the SSI SCHAEFER Group anticipates continued positive development. The large amount of incoming orders, renewed improvement in results and the “Strategy 2030” form a solid basis for the future development of the group of companies.
(f.l.t.r.) Top management of the SSI SCHAEFER Group with Elie Zita, SVP Head of Business Unit Customer Services SSI SCHAEFER, Olaf Hedden, CFO SSI SCHAEFER Group, Benno Reichmuth, SVP Head of Business Unit Products & Equipment SSI SCHAEFER, Peter Edelmann, CEO SSI SCHAEFER Group and Mauro Lunardelli, SVP Head of Business Unit Logistics Solutions SSI SCHAEFER.