Financial Report 2016
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MANUFACTURING RETAIL FINANCIAL REPORT 2016 TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS HEALTHCARE INDEX LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS 3 HIGHLIGHTS 2016 6 DATALOGIC GROUP STRUCTURE 23 COMPOSITION OF CORPORATE BODIES 27 MANAGEMENT REPORT 29 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 49 EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 57 PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 117 EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 125 ANNEX 164 DATALOGIC Retail Financial report 2016 2016 WAS A PARTICULARLY POSITIVE YEAR THAT BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FOR THE DATALOGIC GROUP. THE COMPANY WAS ABLE TO TRANSFORM, REORGANIZE AND EXCEL DESPITE UNCERTAIN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATIONS IN ear Shareholders, WHICH IT OPERATED IN KEY TARGET MARKETS. we are pleased to share with you the best results ever achieved by our Group. 2016 was a particularly positive year that brought significant changes for the Datalogic Group. The Company was able Dto transform, reorganize and excel despite uncertain political and economic situations in which it operated in key target markets. We will mention just two of the main events that changed the world’s economic and political structure in 2016: Brexit and the election of a new President of the United States. In addition to these two events, which have put into question the economic model of globalization, as well as the EU as an institution, events of much greater magnitude unfortunately occurred. Terrorism and wars have generated a climate of “wait and see” and of fear that is still dominant. 3 DATALOGIC Against this uncertain backdrop, the sector in centrally on the end customer. This involved the which our Group operates has seen a significant consolidation of the two companies, Industrial growth in demand, mainly driven by increasing Automation and Automatic Data Capture, industrial automation. into a single Datalogic to provide partners and customers with a single, comprehensive and Industry 4.0 propels the manufacturing sector consistent offering of products and solutions, into the digital era and opens the way to new targeting our four main market: Retail, business models. The Internet of Things and Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics, and Services, enhanced and pervasive communication Healthcare. within the digital factory, and the availability of a large amount of data in real time will The reorganization of our corporate structure be accompanied by unprecedented levels of is a consequence of the new strategy we have productivity and security. With growing industry developed for the next few years, i.e. the objective digitization, process automation will play an we want to achieve, where we want to compete, increasingly important role. In turn, industrial and above all the competitive advantage and automation sustains the growth of robotics uniqueness we want to offer our customers. This worldwide - so much that annual sales of competitive advantage lies in our Group’s ability robots are expected to double by 2018. With the to meet our customers’ needs along their entire growth of e-commerce, technology is about to value chain, fully understanding their requirements revolutionize the future of retail sales and the and anticipating their future needs leveraging our retail sector in general. Augmented reality will unequalled product and solution portfolio. provide customers with personalized suggestions and services, while offering solutions that will Despite the uncertain macroeconomic make the in-store experience preferable to mere environment described above, these strategic online purchasing. choices translated in 2016 into excellent results for the Group, with sales revenues at Datalogic has faced these macroeconomic 576.5 million Euros (up 7.7% compared to the events, which so deeply affected its main target previous year), EBITDA up by over 22% at 90.4 markets, in a proactive manner rather than a million Euros, EBITDA Margin at 15.7%, and “wait and see” attitude. To better address future a 13.1% increase in net profit, which stood at challenges, the Company has evolved, defined 45.8 million Euros. These results were achieved new strategic levers, identified the key growth while maintaining a high level of investments in drivers of its target markets and of each of the Research and Development (approximately 50 30 countries where it operates directly, and million Euros), a major driver of our growth. We reorganized its structure in order to seize the have continued to believe in R&D investments, opportunities of a constantly evolving market. which amounted to about 9% of revenues, with a view to developing breakthrough products and Against this backdrop, the Company set up a new solutions while expanding our patent portfolio. governance structure, effective from 1st January Testifying to the Group’s ability to offer reliable 2017. This has given rise to a new organizational and innovative high technology solutions, structure in line with our latest strategy based in the course of this year we were awarded Financial report 2016 several international recognitions, including the We also thank our Customers worldwide along Innovation Award, received at the London Retail with our Business Partners for their confidence Business Technology Expo 2016, the Italian Popai in our products, solutions and people. We are Awards 2016 in the Digital and Technological grateful to our Suppliers, who have played an Innovation – Apps category, and first prize important role in these positive developments, awarded by the Inspect magazine. and last but not least our Shareholders for believing in our Group. The generation of high operating cash flow (90 million Euros) resulted in the net financial position We believe that in 2016 we laid the foundation turning positive again at 3.5 million Euros, compared to continue to meet and exceed our Customers’ to a negative 21 million Euros in the previous year. expectations and to surprise them in the years to This result did not prevent us from investing almost come. 3% of our revenues in capital expenditures. To expand our production capacity in line with our Romano Volta growth plans, and ensure greater flexibility and Chairman maximum quality of the manufacturing process, we opened a new industrial site in Balatonboglar, Hungary, mainly devoted to the production of equipment for our Manufacturing customers. We have also invested in sophisticated SMT Valentina Volta equipment for the production of electronic Chief Executive Officer boards, and renovated our headquarters in Italy, France and the UK, in order to present a consistent image to our customers. Growth and ability to create value are also reflected in the performance of the Datalogic stock price, which in 2016 outperformed the benchmarks and in March of this year reached its all-time peak of 24.5 Euros. This year’s results have allowed us to improve our competitive positioning in the target markets, and would not have been possible without the talent, passion and teamwork of Datalogic people. They are our major strength and unparalleled competitive advantage, represented by the best skills focused on innovation and technological development. This is why we want to thank first and foremost all of our employees. 5 DATALOGIC Innovation VISION A world identified, measured, inspected, is our marked and verified by tradition Datalogic. TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS TO SIMPLIFY OUR CUSTOMERS’ BUSINESS MISSION Datalogic’s mission is to provide customers in the Retail, Manufacturing, Transport & THE GROUP Logistics, and Healthcare sectors with the highest quality and Datalogic is a global technology expansionefficiency in data collection and leader worldwide in automatic data automation processes thanks to capture and process automation. The advanced technology, innovative Company specializes in the design products and superior solutions and manufacture of bar code readers, and a team of highly talented mobile computers, RFID, detection, people. measurement and security sensors, vision systems and laser marking. Its cutting-edge solutions help to increase process efficiency and quality along the entire value chain in the Retail, Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics, and Healthcare sectors. productivity Financial report 2016 A NEW STRATEGY CUSTOMER-CENTRIC ORGANIZATION The Company’s philosophy is based on the awareness that customers and their interests are the key element around its business revolves and from which all actions stem. This humanis why Datalogic has changed its business model from a product-centric to a customer-centric organization. This was also intended to ensure the implementation of the new strategy set out during the year. Over the course of 45 years, Datalogic has successfully continued on the path of innovation, achieving outstanding results: In order to provide the best service and ensure a thorough understanding of the four main areas of operation, the 2,700 EMPLOYEES IN 30 COUNTRIES Company is now organized into four Industry Units, each corresponding to one of the main target sectors: 450 ENGINEERS WORKING IN THE NEW “DATALOGIC Manufacturing, Retail, Transport & Logistics, and Healthcare. LABS” IN BOLOGNA (ITALY), EUGENE (OREGON, USA) AND PASADENA (CALIFORNIA, USA) OBJECTIVES 1,200 PATENTS IN DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS AND 300 Steady growth above market average and significant increase MORE PENDING in margins. 10 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRES IN ITALY, USA AND CHINA POSITIONING expansion Continue to be a product business with renewed emphasis PRODUCTION PLANTS IN ITALY, SLOVAKIA, HUNGARY AND on solutions that