Statement by Calvin Grieder, CEO

摘要

The task has been defined. Buhler as a Technology Group must gain additional earnings power, since this is the only way to successfully meet the challenges of technological change on a long-term basis. The times when it sufficed to optimize and perfect existing solutions are gone. For the market leader-and Buhler is determined to remain the leader in its traditional business fields-innovations offering measurable added value to target customers are of major significance.Our new corporate strategy creates the basis to this end. It enables us to:develop attractive markets (high volume, growth and profitability), in which we can multiply our relevant process know-howachieve global market and technological leadership on the basis of a high degree of differentiation by offering our customers integral service packages with measurable added valuefocus on value-adding, protectable capabilities in creating our products and servicesattain Operational Excellence