Outlook 2025

For the business year 2025, EMS is expecting a very uncertain environment. Geopolitical tension and conflicts will lead to turbulences, in particular in global supply chains. In the USA, incentives will stimulate consumers' and companies' mood, but further increase inflation. Europe, however, will not undergo rapid restructuring. Continuing high regulatory and other costs reduce competitiveness, preventing investment. In addition, many European countries are facing political change. In China, the government is focusing on economic stimulus packages to support consumer spending and prevent deflation.

EMS is confident about its own global business prospects. By the end of 2025, personnel resources in technical sales and development will be further expanded to reach a 75% higher level compared to beginning of 2023. This pronounced innovation strategy, which allows customers to achieve overall cost and weight savings while reducing CO2 emissions and ensuring leading technical solutions, will be pursued in a particularly intensive and consistent way. The excellent global development partner position will be utilized to quickly and fully exploit existing opportunities, thereby generating disproportionally high growth.

EMS also holds a benchmark position for customers with regard to sustainability. EMS itself is already CO₂ neutral (Scope 1 and Scope 2) and certified in accordance with ISO 14001, EcoVadis Gold and International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC). Together with its global suppliers, EMS is currently implementing numerous projects to reduce their CO2 emissions (Scope 3) and to achieve its own net zero target by 2050.

For 2025, EMS again expects net sales below previous year due to currency effects and net operating income (EBIT) slightly above previous year.