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Significantly higher business volume and improved EBIT margin in Communication segment
The Communication segment recorded double-digit growth in order intake and net sales, making a significant contribution to the Group’s overall development. Order intake increased by 21.1 % to CHF 343.2 million (PY CHF 283.4 million), while net sales rose by 26.1 % to CHF 353.6 million (PY CHF 280.3 million). This was mainly due to a major project to expand the mobile communications infrastructure in India and successes in the data center growth initiative thanks to investments in artificial intelligence (AI). The subsegments of communication equipment manufacturers and fixed access network also generated higher orders compared to 2023 – despite weak global demand in the communications market, which continued through 2024. Based on the increase in business volume, the EBIT margin improved significantly to 8.1 % (PY 4.9 %), representing a clear turnaround following the weak level in the previous year.
“In an uncertain environment, especially in Europe, we achieved strong double-digit growth and significantly improved our profitability in 2024. One of the key drivers of this development was the pan-India rollout of mobile communication infrastructure where HUBER+SUHNER contributed vital solutions, demonstrating our strong execution capability and competitiveness. Optical circuit switching technology is proving its potential to significantly simplify and drive efficiency of data center and artificial intelligence network architectures, which represents a significant opportunity for our Polatis® DirectLightTM products.”
Jürgen Walter, COO Communication segment
Our solutions for the Communication market
Strong performance despite lower volumes in the global communications market
In 2024, the Communication segment benefitted from two primary factors: a major project to expand the mobile infrastructure in India and progress in the data center growth initiative. This positive development contrasted with a continuing challenging environment. After high levels of investment in previous years, the global communications market had already experienced a slump in 2023 that impacted the entire supply chain.
Following on from the India project, which will come to an end in 2025, HUBER+SUHNER sees opportunities in the steady upgrades of 5G infrastructure in the mobile network target market driven by rising data volumes as well as in the preparation for the 6G mobile communication standard.
The proliferation of AI applications also brings new challenges for data center architectures, which, offers the company attractive prospects in this growth initiative. HUBER+SUHNER has unique solutions to address these market demands, such as all-optical switching technology.
