Outlook

Despite temporary bottlenecks at individual suppliers and the related production inefficiencies in the Industrial Trucks & Services segment, the KION Group expects to achieve the outlook for the year as published in the 2017 combined management report. In 2018, the KION Group aims to build on its successful performance in 2017 and, based on the forecasts for market growth, achieve further increases in order intake, revenue and adjusted EBIT.

The order intake of the KION Group is expected to be between €8,050 million and €8,550 million. The target figure for consolidated revenue is in the range of €7,700 million to €8,200 million. The target range for adjusted EBIT is €770 million to €835 million. Free cash flow is expected to be in a range between €410 million and €475 million. The target figure for ROCE is in the range of 8.7 per cent to 9.7 per cent.

Order intake in the Industrial Trucks & Services segment is expected to be between €5,950 million and €6,150 million. The target figure for revenue is in the range of €5,700 million to €5,900 million. The target range for adjusted EBIT is €650 million to €685 million.

Order intake in the Supply Chain Solutions segment is expected to be between €2,100 million and €2,400 million. The target figure for revenue is in the range of €2,000 million to €2,300 million. The target range for adjusted EBIT is €180 million to €215 million.

The outlook is based on the assumption that material prices and the exchange rate environment will remain broadly the same as at the time the outlook was prepared.

Actual business performance may deviate from the outlook due, among other factors, to the opportunities and risks described in the 2017 combined management report. Performance particularly depends on macroeconomic and industry-specific conditions and may be negatively affected by increasing uncertainty or a worsening of the economic and political situation.