25.01.2017
Ekotechnika AG DE000A161234
DGAP-Adhoc: Ekotechnika AG appoints new Executive Board member and reports positive performance in financial year 2015/2016
DGAP-Ad-hoc: Ekotechnika AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel/Final Results
Ekotechnika AG appoints new Executive Board member and reports positive
performance in financial year 2015/2016
25-Jan-2017 / 09:06 CET/CEST
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Ekotechnika AG appoints new Executive Board member and reports positive
performance in financial year 2015/2016
- Björne Drechsler to join management team effective 1 March 2017
- Financial year 2015/2016 saw business operations stabilise
- EBIT of EUR 5.3 million and sales revenues of EUR 117.2 million
Walldorf, 25 January 2017 - The Supervisory Board of Ekotechnika AG
(primary market; ISIN: DE000A161234), the German holding company of the
EkoNiva-Technika Group, the largest dealer of international agricultural
machinery in Russia, has announced the appointment of an additional member
to its Executive Board. As of 1 March 2017, Björne Drechsler will serve as
new Executive Board member and CFO of Ekotechnika AG, working alongside CEO
Stefan Dürr, the current sole director.
Mr Drechsler previously served as managing director and CEO of GEA Farm
Technologies Russia, a Russian subsidiary of the German GEA group, for
twelve years. In the past 18 months, he was also responsible for the
Equipment Sales activities of GEA group in Russia and Central Asia. A
business studies graduate from HWR Berlin, who speaks Russian fluently and
is very much familiar with the agricultural equipment business thanks to
his long-standing experience in selling GEA process technology in the
country.
Moreover, the Supervisory Board has approved Ekotechnika AG's consolidated
financial statements for the past fiscal year 2015/2016 (30 September)
which show that the company's business performance has continued to
stabilise. According to the statements, Ekotechnika AG is reporting
consolidated sales revenues of EUR 117.2 million (previous year: EUR 109.0
million) as well as a clearly positive operating result (EBIT) of EUR 5.3
million (previous year: EUR -1.2 million).
The detailed group financials as well as the complete consolidated
financial statements are to be published at http://www.ekotechnika.de/en/
investor-relations/documents.html on 2 February 2017.
About Ekotechnika
Walldorf-based Ekotechnika AG is the German holding company of the Ekoniva-
Technika Group, the largest distributor of agriculture equipment in Russia.
The company's single most important supplier is John Deere, the world's
leading manufacturer in this field. Its main business is in selling new
equipment such as tractors and combines but also milking equipment and
precision farming technology. In addition, the company sells spare parts
and provides service and maintenance. Ekotechnika's founder and board
member is Stefan Dürr, who has been active in the Russian farming sector
since the late eighties and has been instrumental in its modernisation over
the past two decades. In 2011 the equipment business was separated from the
farming business, which now operates independently under the name Ekosem-
Agrar. Operating 12 locations in attractive Russian farming regions,
Ekotechnika today employs around 520 people and generates sales of EUR 109
million in 2014/2015. The Ekotechika stock is listed on the Primärmarkt of
the Düsseldorf stock market (ISIN: DE000A161234).
Contact
Ekotechnika AG // Johann-Jakob-Astor-Str. 49 // 69190 Walldorf // T: +49
(0) 6227 3 58 59 60 // E: [email protected] // www.ekotechnika.de
Media / Investor Relations
Fabian Kirchmann // IR.on AG // T: +49 (0) 221 9140 970 // E:
[email protected]
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Language: English
Company: Ekotechnika AG
Johann-Jakob-Astor-Str. 49
69190 Walldorf
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 6227 3 58 59 60
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.ekotechnika.de
ISIN: DE000A161234
WKN: A1R1A1
Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Dusseldorf
Notierung vorgesehen. / Intended to be listed.
End of Announcement DGAP News Service
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