Record prices for aluminium, Ukraine war, explosion of energy costs, shortage of skilled workers - 2022 was extremely challenging for Gutmann Bausysteme GmbH. "Nevertheless, we got through it well, and we see some obstacles in the new year as well, but we are confident that we will overcome them," says Managing Director Arnd Brinkmann. However, the company also has good reason to look positively into the future. The company from Weissenburg in Bavaria considers the topics of digitalization, automation, and sustainability to be the key factors for future success. Gutmann will therefore concentrate on these three fields of action in 2023 - also in terms of the products it sells. In addition, the sales was restructured at the end of the year.
Pleasing result in the product areas
With regard to the individual product segments, the result for the past year is positive: "We were able to increase our profits in all areas. In the aluminium division, we realized some challenging projects. Building fitting and metal composite systems again developed very well, as they did last year, and made a significant contribution to the company's success," says a pleased Thomas Reinert, head of sales. Wood-aluminium frames and aluminium window sills were very successful as individual products. "Customers are increasingly rewarding our investment in our own coating plants, so that the percentage of coloured profiles could be further expanded. We are pleased that the newly introduced clip holder was immediately accepted by our customers and we receive a lot of positive feedback on this," says Reinert.
Trade fair participation fixed
Gutmann will participate again at the BAU trade fair in Munich in 2023. Among other innovations, Gutmann will present the new FPA fall prevention system with grids made of aluminium profiles. Optimizations, which also have an impact on the production process, were achieved for the "MIRA" wood-aluminium window system. The new development for the GWD aluminium window systems is a new sealing frame concept, which promises significant cost and time savings in production for our customers. The portal tuulo will also ensure increased attention with new 3D-animations for product selection and configuration.