The Swiss Machinery, Electro and Metal Industry in the second quarter of 2021 shows encouraging figures: order intake increased up to August 50.6 % (and in the first half year of 2021 by 24.4 %). Turnover in Q 2 increased by 20.2 % (first half 9.3 %).
Total exports of the MEM industries are as follows:
Grand total against 2020
Jan.-June 21
EU 58.1 % + 21.0 %
Asia 18.0 % + 8.4 %
USA 13.7 % + 12.1 %
Worldwide + 15.6 %
Germany 26.3 % + 19.9 %
China 6.8 % + 19.5 %
France 5.2 % + 21.3 %
Italy 4.8 % + 38.8 %
Japan 1.9 % – 2.4 %
Spain 1.7 % + 23.0 %
South Korea 1.2 % + 4.0 %
India 1.1 % + 35.9 %
Brazil 0.6 % + 27.7 %
In the Q 1 2021 the number of total employees was 313500 (2020 322800) or less 2.9 %.
The capacity load was in Q 2 2021 85.6 %, in July 2021 87.2 %.
According to Swissmem President Martin Hirzel the motto of his association to meet today’s challenges (R&D, climate, energy, sustainability, mobility, political activism) is as follows: Impulses instead of charges, innovations instead of subventions.