iVIGA 水龍頭工廠供應商
衛浴商學院
現在, countries around the world have introduced preventive and control measures one after another, 且大部分地區新冠肺炎疫情逐漸穩定, but the impact of the epidemic on the global economy is still continuing. 最近, a number of bathroom and cabinet companies around the world have gone bankrupt, 解僱員工並剝離其他業務. 他們之中, 包括超過 90 年德國Alno艾諾櫃, 西班牙樂家集團, 美國櫥櫃企業Corsi集團, 英國衛浴企業Cassellie. 不少中國衛浴企業也表示上半年訂單激增, 但沒賺到錢. 在當前全球經濟形勢下, 行業發展前景, 企業下一步該如何走, 值得企業思考.
German cabinet brand Neue Alno
Bankruptcy after failing to find a new buyer, the end of September will end operations
最近, 新阿諾, 一家德國廚房製造商成立於 1927, 未能找到新投資者，管理層宣佈公司將於9月底結束運營. 這意味著 230 employees at its Pfullendorf factory will lose their jobs. The management said it might set up a transit company to help the employees find new jobs.
The company said that, in consultation with customers, existing orders would be fulfilled by the end of September. The management, 由聯合董事總經理 Michael Spadinger 和 Jochen Braun 領導, said that “despite extensive talks with potential investors, 遺憾的是找不到投資者. 由於經濟形勢, 該業務無法自行持續。”
三年前, 英國投資者 Riverrock 無債收購 Neue Alno GmbH. 然而, 除其他事項外, 管理層未能投資新的生產設施. 當地市長稱這是一場災難，Neue Alno 將被迫停止運營.
British bathroom company Cassellie
Bankruptcy in receivership, 35 裁員
在 8 九月, 利茲, England-based bathroom supplier Cassellie was declared bankrupt and put into receivership, 儘管 35 people were made redundant due to supply chain disruptions and trade disruptions caused by the New Crown pneumonia outbreak.
之前, 該公司一直在尋找買家, 但沒有成功. 現在, 克萊爾·博德曼和阿德里安·貝里, Teneo Restructuring 高級董事總經理, 已被任命為 Cassellie 的破產管理人.
該品牌的產品供應給各種獨立和全國性的衛浴零售商和分銷商, 提供全面的沐浴產品, 淋浴、面盆到配件. 聯合管理員克萊爾·博德曼說: “This has been a very challenging time for all shareholders, and in particular the staff of Cassellie. 儘管董事們盡了最大努力, 該公司已無法維持其運營。”
“因此, 在預約時, we had no choice but to unfortunately make 35 裁員. Our immediate focus is on supporting staff during this difficult period and trying to help meet the needs of our long-term customers in the short term.” The company will continue to be managed in receivership for a short period of time as part of a managed winding up plan.
樂家集團, 西班牙
Completion of the divestment of the tile business
拉莫薩集團 (墨西哥) recently completed the acquisition of Grupo Roca’s tile business for approximately US$260 million. The deal between Grupo Lamosa and Grupo Roca has been approved by the General Meeting of Shareholders and will be financed by a US$200 million bank loan for debt. 這涉及七家銀行，平均期限為 4.3 年及五年到期日. 剩餘部分金額將由拉莫薩集團自有資金資助.
值得注意的是，本次業務收購還包括樂家集團旗下的INCEPA, USCT 和 GALA 品牌. 據外媒此前報導, the transaction involved the transfer of two factories of the Roca Group located in Campo Largo and São Mateus do Sul in Brazil and the Spanish subsidiary Cerámicas Belcaire located in Castellón. after the completion of the acquisition, the Roca Group’s tile business in Spain was divested.
Sanitar Co bathroom Vietnam factory
Porcelain production capacity forced to drop by 50%, 點擊通過 60%
Sanitar Co bathroom brand in Taiwan Province Sanitar Co bathroom chairman Hsiao Junxiang recently revealed that because of the impact of the epidemic in Vietnam, Sanitar Co bathroom Vietnam factory in July, an annual reduction of 29%, 八月, a large reduction of 60%, is expected to fall in the third quarter Vietnam performance will be quite a lot. Xiao Junxiang said that Ho Chi Minh City is a closed city state. You cannot take a step outside your home, food and drink are brought to you by the army. Da Nang and Hanoi are also under curfew after 6pm and cannot leave their homes. 總體上, the epidemic in Vietnam does not appear to be under control at all. Although the Vietnamese government has announced that the city will be closed until September 15 and will not improve until then, the consequences are uncertain.
Sanitar Co has over 1,400 越南工人. But because of the implementation of the “three local”, many employees do not want to work in the factory. Xiao Junxiang pointed out that the porcelain factory’s production capacity is currently 50% lower than the normal level, and the faucet factory is 60% lower. Bathroom cabinet factory from the original 70 people left 16 人們, production capacity plummeted by more than 70%. But because of the past to take safety stock production, 儘管有疫情, 瓷廠尚可供應約 2.5 月份, the leading factory about 3 月份. 然而, bath cabinet factories are in very short supply. Although the maximum monthly production capacity has risen from 2-3,000 過去到近 7,000, there is no one to produce them. 幸運的是, 有 2 cooperating manufacturers in Taiwan that can be added as reserve factories. 除了同奈工廠, Sanitar Co. has branches in Ho Chi Minh, 峴港和河內, and Hsiao points out that the Ho Chi Minh branch has been without a dollar of turnover for a long time. In Da Nang and Hanoi, they are sometimes open and sometimes closed. Although there is still some slight turnover, 越南第三季度整體前景不容樂觀.
Polish plumbing hardware company Capricorn SA
To be acquired by Finnish HVAC giant Uponor
芬蘭暖通空調巨頭歐博諾擬收購波蘭管道和硬件公司Capricorn SA的全部已發行股份. 然而, 交易細節尚未披露，預計收購將在未來幾個月內完成.
在 2020, Capricorn 的淨銷售額將接近歐元 25 million and will employ around 400 人們. 交易完成後, Capricorn will be integrated into Uponor’s European Building Solutions, a Polish manufacturer of heating and sanitary equipment components. 據外媒報道, Uponor’s acquisition is related to the struggling development of its joint venture company Phyn LLC, 一家智慧水務解決方案公司, and it is proposed to improve market access in Poland and Eastern Europe by withdrawing from Phyn LLC and at the same time by acquiring Capricorn.
US cabinet company Corsi Group
Ownership transferred to Mark Earl
美國櫥櫃公司 Corsi Group 宣布將公司所有權從 Pat Corsi 轉讓給 Mark Earl, 誰將在過渡期間擔任 Corsi 集團的顧問. 轉讓生效日期為 31 八月，轉讓條款不會披露.
帕特·科西, founder of The Corsi Group, 說: “與一些最優秀的員工一起工作是一種榮幸, 供應商, 銷售代表, 過去櫥櫃行業的經銷商和設計師 48 年. 我知道馬克將把公司帶到新的高度，並且我完全相信管理團隊將通過他以流程為導向的方法良好運作。”
Corsi 集團一直在為客戶製造定制櫥櫃 48 年. 公司旗下兩大品牌, Greenfield Cabinets and Siteline Cabinets, are distributed to approximately 500 美國各地的經銷商/設計師. All cabinets are manufactured in the company’s two facilities in Indianapolis, 印第安納波利斯和埃爾金斯, 西弗吉尼亞州.
Jiangmen bathroom company
Orders skyrocketing, not making any money?
日前, kitchen and bathroom information held in Jiangmen, “第十五屆中國廚衛行業高峰論壇江門產區籌備會”, a number of bathroom enterprises reflected that because of foreign epidemic prevention and control and industry chain disruption, their orders back. There was a surge in orders in the first half of the year. 在原材料等成本上漲以及集裝箱短缺的情況下, 企業並沒有賺取多少利潤. Individual companies even appeared to reject orders in order to reduce production pressure.
在全球新冠肺炎疫情形勢依然嚴峻的背景下, the supply chain of the bathroom industry chain was exposed as vulnerable. In the impact of multiple factors such as rising raw material prices, shortage of containers and soaring shipping costs, the cost of enterprises has risen sharply, which also brings very big production and operation risks and challenges. 如何渡過這次疫情, 增強企業抗壓、應對風險能力, the need for sanitary ware enterprises to think about the next step.
