Goals & Strategy
Our road to success.
Sustainable growth.With its solid equity base, Buhler aims to achieve sustainable annual sales growth of at least 6 percent. In order to secure its long-term viability, the Group is striving for an average EBIT margin of 8 percent.
Customers’ success as the yardstick.
The Buhler portfolio comprises plant and equipment, services, and technologies enabling customers to successfully differentiate themselves in the marketplace and thus to generate high added value.
Balanced portfolio.
Buhler is active in attractive segments of food and materials processing and is a specialist in processes designed to transform raw materials into valuable foods or engineering materials. In its respective markets, Buhler strives to hold a leading position (Number 1 or Number 2).
Efficiency through services.
The extensive range of services offered by Buhler ensures that customers can operate their production plants efficiently throughout the life cycle of the equipment. This also allows continuous adjustment to changes in raw materials or to new consumer needs.
In the region – for the region.
Buhler operates in over 140 countries worldwide through 50 of its own sales and service companies and several agencies. Development efforts as well as production are tailored to the needs of customers in the various regions and are, whenever possible, localized.
Focus on innovations.
About half of sales revenue (turnover) is generated with products that are less than five years old. Buhler spends an average of about four to five percent of total annual sales on basic research and applications development.
Quality leadership.
High-grade engineering solutions are manufactured at 20 sites around the globe, which all comply with the same stringent Buhler quality standards.
Strong workforce base.
Worldwide, Buhler makes continuous and substantial efforts to develop and strengthen its local workforce base. Outstanding commitment and exceptional performance of employees are rewarded accordingly. Unified leadership principles and strengthening of the corporate culture are top priorities.
