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Bertrandt increases revenues and earnings
Bertrandt is growing in all areas of work “We have successfully taken the company forward under demanding market conditions,” CEO Dietmar Bichler said during today’s presentation of the company’s annual financial results in Stuttgart. The success factors Bertrandt’s CEO mentioned were resolute focus on customer wishes, high process efficiency, tight cost and capacity management as well as committed staff. According to Bichler, it is impossible at the present time to make any reasonable assessment of how much impact the reported decrease in production output will have on future capital spending by the automotive industry. Provided that the economy stabilises and research & development expenditure remains at a high level, the CEO sees further good prospects for the engineering development services market on the basis of fundamentally intact market drivers such as increasing model diversity as well as technological and innovation pressure. Proposed dividend increase Based on the results generated, the Management Board and the Supervisory Board will make a proposal to the Annual General Meeting on 18 February 2009 to pay a significantly higher dividend of € 1.40 per dividend-entitled share (€ 0.80 in the previous year). With this amount Bertrandt will continue its policy of an attractive dividend and ensure that the company's shareholders participate in its success. New jobs for Europe Worldwide, Bertrandt employed 6,080 people on 30 September 2008. Compared with the previous year, the company created and filled more than 1,300 new jobs. “We increased our staffing in both the classic development areas and the specialist departments,” Bichler expounded. “This recruitment forms the basis for the company's growth.” Bertrandt relies on targeted personnel marketing to ensure that, despite the general shortage of engineers, promising applicants apply their knowledge and skills in service to Bertrandt’s customers. Our focus in selecting potential employees is on high process efficiency, quality assurance as well as soft skills.
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