DGAP-News: Alphaform AG: Alphaform reports strong growth in

DGAP-News: Alphaform AG / Key word(s): Quarter Results Alphaform AG: Alphaform reports strong growth in revenue in the first quarter of 2015 05.05.2015 / 08:49 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Press release Alphaform reports strong growth in revenue in the first quarter of 2015 - Confirmation of provisional figures - Revenue increases to EUR 7.8 million - EBITDA is EUR -0.6 million - Forecast confirmed Feldkirchen, 4 May 2015. Alphaform AG, the leading industrial 3D printing service provider in Europe published its report for the first quarter of 2015 today. It does not contain any material changes compared with the provisional figures published on 27 April 2015. Alphaform achieved the highest revenue in the company's history with EUR 7.8 million following revenue of EUR 7.5 million in the same quarter of the previous year. The increase in the order backlog from EUR 4.4 million in the previous quarter to EUR 4.5 million underlines the sustained upward trend. At the same time, the company continued the turn-around. At EUR -0.6 million and EUR -1.1 million, EBITDA and the group result are still below the corresponding quarter in the previous year but are already up on the figures for the fourth quarter of 2014. Alphaform CFO Thomas Kresser explains, "In 2014, the situation deteriorated quarter by quarter. We expect it to improve quarter by quarter in 2015." The Alphaform Excellence programme, which was launched at the beginning of 2014 and stepped up again in autumn 2014, has been a crucial factor in this progress. Substantial non-recurring expenses were incurred again in implementing the total of more than 160 individual measures in the first quarter of 2015. However, all three business segments are already benefiting from the improvements to structures and processes in production and the moves to strengthen the sales team. Revenue in the global 3D printing market will increase five-fold by 2020 Following a good start to the 2015 financial year, Alphaform is confirming its planning for the year as a whole. The company expects double-digit growth in revenue and a further improvement in results compared with the previous year. The consistent implementation of the Alphaform Excellence programme will also allow the company to benefit from the sustained momentum of the 3D printing market beyond 2015. New studies indicate that revenue in this market could increase five-fold by 2020. Alphaform CEO Dr Hanns-Dieter Aberle says, "When talking to our 2,000 or so customers, we discover new applications for additive production processes virtually every week." Alphaform is expanding its capacity accordingly. The new production site close to the company headquarters in Feldkirchen, which has been equipped in recent months, stands for the increasing industrialisation of our production processes. Aberle stresses, "It is up to us to develop the enormous potential for growth in our market step by step." The complete quarterly report can be downloaded from http://www.alphaform.de/de/investor-relations...zberichte/. <pre> Key figures (EUR million) Q1 2015 Q4 2014 Q1 2014 Revenue 7.8 7.3 7.5 EBITDA -0.6 -0.7 0.0 Operating result -1.0 -1.1 -0.3 Group result -1.1 -1.2 -0.4 Earnings per share EUR -0.14 EUR -0.16 EUR -0.06 Equity* 9.5 9.6 8.1 Liquidity* 0.8 2.3 1.2 Total assets* 19.6 20.0 17.6 Employees* 258 249 234 </pre> * on the balance sheet date About Alphaform Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Feldkirchen near Munich, Alphaform AG is a leading European handler for the renovation of industrial development and production with innovative 3D printing and rapid technologies. As a service provider, Alphaform guides its clients from product development through to product manufacture; it assists them in introducing and utilising innovations and delivers expertise, engineering knowledge, prototypes, individual parts, small-scale series, series and project management. Among others, Alphaform today serves the premium manufacturers of the automotive industry, mechanical, plant and automotive engineering, the aerospace industry, tool making and medical technology. Its particular areas of expertise include complex assembly, lightweight construction and orthopaedic implants and instruments. It has subsidiaries in Germany, Finland, Sweden and the UK. Alphaform's shares are listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt stock exchange (code: ATF; securities code number (WKN): 548 795). Contact: Dr. Hanns-Dieter Aberle, CEO Thomas Kresser, CFO Alphaform AG Alphaform AG Kapellenstraße 10 Kapellenstraße 10 85622 Feldkirchen 85622 Feldkirchen Tel.: +49 89 905002 35 Tel.: +49 89 905002 35 Fax: +49 89 905002 1035 Fax: +49 89 905002 1035 e-mail: hdaberle@alphaform.de e-mail: tkresser@alphaform.de Internet: www.alphaform.de Internet: www.alphaform.de Disclaimer This press release/ad-hoc disclosure is not an offer document and does not constitute an offer of shares of Alphaform AG ("Company") nor an invitation to an offer to buy or subscribe for shares or securities of the Company but is provided for information only. This press release/ad-hoc disclosure may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including those pertaining to the anticipated benefits to be realized from the proposals described herein. 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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Alphaform AG Kapellenstraße 10 85622 Feldkirchen Germany Phone: +49 (0)89 905002 - 0 Fax: +49 (0)89 905002 - 90 E-mail: ir@alphaform.de Internet: www.alphaform.de ISIN: DE0005487953 WKN: 548795 Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 352929 05.05.2015