Schlotter fights: decline in sales threatens jobs and expansion in Adnet!

Schlotter fights: decline in sales threatens jobs and expansion in Adnet!

Adnet, Österreich - The Schlotterer company expects a challenging year for 2025. According to managing director Peter Gubisch, 2025 will be "our most difficult year in 20 years". The new apartment has been declining since 2022, and although the new building permits for 2025 are expected to increase by 15 percent, the effects will only be noticeable in 2026 and 2027. Despite a decline in sales of 20 percent compared to the record year 2022, Schlotterer plans to pronounce no operational dismissals. The company currently employs 596 people and will introduce another 35 employees and training positions in the current year.

construction work and future projects

A central project remains the construction of a third work at the Adnet location. Construction is scheduled for 2026, with a planned commissioning in 2030. The approval procedures are currently stagnating due to an objection to the nature conservation provisions that are checked by a state administrative court. Gubisch expresses concerns that the delays could have other permits, which would also endanger the completion of the work. Schlotterer has already invested four million euros for the expansion and is looking forward to a future increase in sun protection products, since the population is growing in Austria and Germany and increasing the climatic requirements.

In addition, Gubisch explains the importance of renovations to achieve the EU climate goals. Since the building stock must also be thermally renovated, the need for Schlotterer's products increases. Schlotterer, known for roller shutters, venet gaps and other sun protection, generates over 30 percent of its sales by exports. A new insect protection pleated blind, which will be introduced this year, is to represent another innovative product, which is particularly important for terrace and balcony doors, as Salzburg.orf.at In addition, the schlotterer.com emphasizes that planning for the work III is decisive for the next 20 to 25 years.