Business results 2024/25 Challenging year for Trumpf: Sales and earnings down sharply

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Amid a global economic slowdown and weak investment climate, Trumpf’s revenue for fiscal year 2024/25 fell by 16 percent, with Ebit dropping sharply. CEO Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller sees cautious signs of stabilisation and expects gradual recovery in selected markets such as electromobility and semiconductors.

At the close of the fiscal year 2024/25 on June 30, 2025, the Trumpf Group recorded a decline in revenue of 16 percent to 4.3 billion euros (2023/24 fiscal year: 5.2 billion euros). The order intake fell less sharply to 4.2 billion euros (fiscal year 2023/24: 4.6 billion euros). This corresponds to a decrease of 7 percent compared to the previous year. Earnings before interest and taxes (Ebi) decreased to 59 million euros (previous year: 501 million euros) as a result of the decline in revenue, but also due to necessary structural measures. At 1.4 percent (previous year: 9.7 percent), the Ebit margin was also unsatisfactory. Earnings before interest and taxes, adjusted for the structural measures made, amounted to 230 million euros, with an Ebit margin of 5.3 percent.

When presenting the balance sheet in Ditzingen, Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, CEO of Trumpf, said: “The slowing global economy and geopolitical uncertainties have led to continued significant restraint in new investments among customers worldwide in the past fiscal year. Nevertheless, we believe that we have now reached the lowest point. We are seeing cautious signs of improvement. For example, our order intake has not decreased for several months and is stabilizing at a level that is still undeniably too low.”

Leibinger-Kammüller therefore expressed cautious optimism about the outlook for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, saying that Trumpf sees opportunities in individual markets and business areas. “These include, for example, electromobility, semiconductors, and electronics, as well as our smart factories and services in the machine tools sector. Overall, it is to be expected that many customers will renew their machinery after a long period and will also take advantage of our offerings in the areas of networked manufacturing and artificial intelligence.”

Against the backdrop of the geopolitical situation, Trumpf has also decided, following intensive discussions among its shareholders and on the Managing Board, to make technologies for defense solutions available to its customers in the future. The basic prerequisite for this is that these solutions are exclusively defensive in nature, i.e., they are not directed against people. Discussions are currently underway with industrial partners in Germany to elaborate the details.

Trumpf’s strongest single market in terms of revenue this fiscal year was once again Germany with 700 million euros (previous year: 824 million euros), which corresponded to a decline of 15 percent. Revenue in the USA also fell significantly by 17 percent to 661 million euros (previous year: 796 million euros). In China, the largest Asian market, revenue fell by 22 percent to 482 million euros (previous year: 615 million euros).

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