The MDAX group is not completely immune to the negative effects of the customs conflict, even though demand for filling and packaging technology is comparatively less affected by economic fluctuations. Customers from the food and beverage industry continue to be keen to invest, and there are only isolated delays in investment decisions. Incoming orders therefore remained at a good level in Q2 at EUR 1.3 billion and were only 1% below the previous year's figure. According to CEO Christoph Klenk, many projects from international customers are in the pipeline, with Krones benefiting from its regionally balanced customer structure and its broad range of products and services.
