trans-o-flex shows robust, profitable growth in H1 2021

• trans-o-flex increases revenue by 4.6 percent to €264 million compared to H1 2020
• Adjusted EBITDA increases by 4.0 percent to €31 million compared to H1 2020
• Volume of transported packages in Q2 2021 up by 6.2 percent Y-o-Y

trans-o-flex, a leading provider of full-service specialized logistics solutions, offering temperature-controlled express solutions for pharmaceuticals and other high-value goods in pharma, cosmetics and consumer electronics in Germany and Austria, today announced its financial results for H1 2021. Despite a temporary decline in the volume of transported packages prompted by the COVID-19 lockdowns in the first quarter, the company increased both revenue and operational profitability compared to the first half of 2020 on the back of the growing demand for specialized logistics solutions for medical products and other sensitive goods.

Group revenues grew by 4.6 percent to €264 million in the first half of 2021 (H1 2020: €252 million) and adjusted EBITDA increased by 4.0 percent year-on-year to €31 million. In the same period, the Group’s business segment ThermoMed generated revenues of €39.7 (H1 2020: €36.3 million), a growth of 9.4 percent. The Group’s business segment trans-o-flex Express increased its revenues by 3.6 percent to €225 million (H1 2020: €217 million).

Wolfgang P. Albeck, CEO of trans-o-flex: “We are continuing on our growth path. The pandemic illustrates the importance of fast, secure and reliable logistics solutions for the pharmaceuticals. As the market leader for active temperature controlled transport of pharmaceutical products, and the expert for express specialized logistics, we are the partner of choice for our customers. The performance measures we have taken over recent years are now paying off. In the market for pharmaceuticals and express logistics for sensitive goods, we were able to show solid growth even in times of crisis, which makes us optimistic for the second half of the year.”

trans-o-flex benefits from several megatrends such as demographic change, which leads to a growing demand for pharmaceuticals or the growing shift to online-shopping which then drives demand for express solutions. At the same time, increasingly strict regulatory requirements for pharma logistics across the EU (Good Distribution Practice) drive higher quality standards for the entire distribution chain. This leads to a continuous increase in the demand for active temperature-controlled special logistics offered by trans-o-flex.

The safe distribution of COVID-19 test kits and vaccines has highlighted the importance of logistics solutions for highly sensitive pharmaceuticals – a market with high growth potential. The market for pharmaceutical and high-value sensitive logistics services in Germany and Austria was valued at €9.9 billion in 2020, and it is expected to grow to €12.2 billion in 2025, an increase by 23 percent.

With 50 years of experience and fully GDP-compliant networks for the active temperature-controlled transport of sensitive goods in the temperature ranges of 15-25 °C (trans-o-flex Express) and of 2-8 °C (ThermoMed Express) trans-o-flex is the expert for specialized express logistics in Germany and Austria. With its express network that specializes in offering consolidated transport of parcels and pallets and thus allows a broad portfolio of service combinations, combined with a commitment to service excellence and logistics innovations, trans-o-flex is leading the market for active temperature controlled transports of pharmaceuticals from manufacturers to wholesalers as well as deliveries to hospitals, pharmacies, doctor’s practices or nursing homes.

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Adjusted EBITDA is measured as EBITDA excluding the effects of significant income and expense items which may have an impact on the comparability of earnings such as special non-recurring events.

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