Scott Technology Annual Meeting 29 November 2018
CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS
2018
The 2018 financial year was yet another successful year for
Scott Technology. The record financial results continued the
momentum of recent years and demonstrates the successful
execution of our strategy.
In 2018 Scott delivered revenue of $182m and net profit after
tax of $10.8m.
It is interesting to reflect on the growth of Scott since 2014
when we started on our current growth path with the
acquisition of RobotWorx in May 2014. Our revenues and
profits have more than trebled during this timeframe.
Since 2014 we have continued our strategy of growing the
Scott business organically but also by way of acquisition. In
the past year we have added the Europe based Alvey Group,
as well as Transbotics Corporation, based in North Carolina.
These additions to our offering now make Scott a truly global
organisation with our European business now a similar size as
our Australasian business (at least in terms of the number of
people). This fits with our aim to build one team that delivers
seamless service to our customers in each of our target
segments, at the same time providing local manufacturing,
installation, service and support on the ground in each of our
target geographies.
Unfortunately for the world trade flows, the Trump
administration has continued down its path by implementing
tariffs on imports from most of its trading partners. This has
major implications for supply chains that have been built on
the notion of the liberalisation of trade flows.
If the trade war between the US and China is not resolved in
the short term, this will cause structural damage to the world
economy and as Chairman Xi has rightly said, there will be no
winners.
Fortunately for Scott, with our diverse manufacturing
locations in China, USA and Europe, the impact of tariffs
should be mitigated.
What we cannot insulate ourselves from is any economic slow
down in the world’s economies due to this escalation of tariffs
which all nations have strived for since the great depression to
avoid.
Our forward project work is at record levels. This is being
driven, not only by our growth, but also due to an acceleration
by businesses to find efficiencies and to eliminate labour from
their processes due to the sharp reduction in labour force
participation in most geographies, due to an ageing work
force, but also the continued focus on Health & Safety
improvement now required in work places around the world.
Scott has an outstanding work force which is always
challenging the norm and looking where they are able to
disrupt and improve processes in the work environment. We
are fortunate to have welcomed all the great staff associated
with the acquisition of the Alvey and Transbotics businesses.
Scott now employs over 770 people around the globe, the vast
majority with Tertiary, or higher, qualifications. Our
contribution to the New Zealand economy was $170m of
export earnings which is 93.4% of our revenues. The majority
of our New Zealand sales are for export generating companies.
Mark Waller, who has served as a Director of the Company for
14 years, decided to retire at the end of May. Mark has made
a large contribution to Scott with his wisdom and business
experience being invaluable, especially his advice in the
mergers and acquisitions area. The Company has grown
considerably in the time Mark was a Director and I want to
thank him for his dedicated service.
We welcomed John Thorman as a replacement for Mark
Waller. John is an independent Director and brings with him
strong governance credentials, including experience in
international markets and global compliance. John is the
Managing Director of TMF Group New Zealand.
I would also like to thank my fellow Directors – Andre, Brent,
Edison and John, who have added great value to the Board
discussions over the past year. The JBS team has proven to be
a wonderful major shareholder, providing vast resources
around the world to facilitate opportunities for the Scott
business.
I would also like to thank Chris Hopkins, and all of the Scott
employees, for another very exciting and rewarding year
which has seen substantial growth in the performance of the
Company once again.
Finally, to our shareholders, your continued support is very
much appreciated. We have maintained the dividend at 10.0
cents per share, which the Directors believe is a fair balance in
order to allow the Company to reinvest in its business to
increase shareholder returns in the future.
I now formally move the Annual Report, including the
Directors’ Report, Financial Statements and the Audit Report
of Scott Technology for the year ending 31 August 2018, be
adopted and I invite our Managing Director, Chris Hopkins, to
address you and to second the motion.
Thank you.
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MANAGING DIRECTOR’S ADDRESS
2018
I will cover off performance for the year to 31 August, highlight
some key aspects of our operations and our research and
development, then touch on our strategy before ending with an
outlook on 2019.
The key highlight was a show strong revenue increase of 37%,
delivering operating EBITDA of $19.8m, up 21% on 2017. The
bottom line result for shareholders is an earnings per share
increase of 8.0% to 14.3 cents per share.
Our operating cash flow was impacted by a working capital increase
as a result of acquisitions and also utilised to fund the rapid growth.
The two acquisitions completed during the year has effectively
consumed all surplus cash.
The final dividend of 6.0 cents per share should have hit your bank
accounts in the past few days. This, added to the 4.0 cents interim,
brings the total full year dividend to 10.0 cents per share,
unchanged from 2017.
To provide shareholders a more meaningful comparison to 2017,
we have separated the results of the business that we entered the
year with (what we have labelled our ‘existing Scott business’) from
the results of our acquired business operations. These combined,
provide the Group result as per the Annual Report.
Our existing business revenues increased 14% to $151m, with
operating EBITDA increasing 11% to $18.2m. Acquisitions (being
five months of Alvey and three months of Transbotics) added $31m
of revenues and $1.6m of operating EBITDA. The 2018 annualised
numbers shown here is a theoretical calculation which adds back
the prior seven months of Alvey and nine months of Transbotics
pre‐acquisition to give a theoretical 2018 annualised result,
including 12 months of the two acquisitions.
This slide shows the revenue and surplus after tax for our
manufacturing segments. This reflects where our products are
produced or manufactured.
Australasia (Australia and New Zealand) is reasonably static on
2017 with the major growth coming from the Americas, Asia and
Europe. The Americas has grown with the acquisition of Transbotics
and Europe with the acquisition of Alvey.
Here we have provided a breakdown of revenues by our target
industry sector.
You will note the large increase in appliance industry revenues, due
in part by a strong turnaround in our German business and well
assisted by the team here in Christchurch, who produced several
large systems, more of which you will have the chance to see here
today.
This dimensional matrix provides a visual perspective of where our
revenues come from in terms of both geographical location of the
customer and industry classification. The darker blue spots are the
more significant revenues fading to light blue for the less significant
areas. This matrix view is quite relevant in that it also reflects our
organisation structure with operations based and managed by
geographies, and sales and marketing organised by industry sector,
irrespective of geography.
This slide sets out our significant balance sheet movements. Here
it clearly demonstrates our surplus cash has been used, or
committed, to our acquisitions.
Working capital has increased significantly to support growth and
as part of the acquisitions. The extent and effectiveness of our
working capital management is a current focus within the business
and an integral part of our post acquisition integration plan.
Intangible assets consisting of goodwill and finite life intangible
assets have both increased significantly. Our finite life intangible
assets are subject to amortisation and unfortunately amortisation
is non‐deductible for tax purposes, resulting in a high effective tax
rate shown in our accounts.
This is slightly strange as Scott is writing off the investment in IP,
such as Bladestop, at the same time we are developing new
products, reaching new markets and building value!
This slide shows the time series and growth profile of our industry
sectors, with Cumulative Annual Growth Rates. The five year
annual growth rate of 31% across the business is a marvellous
achievement and highlights the underlying strength of Scott
capabilities and expertise.
Traditionally Scott has had a stronger second half than the first half.
It is clearly shown here with the red bars being first half EBITDA and
green being second half, both on the right hand axis. Revenues are
reflected by the blue line on the left hand axis.
Our revenue bridge highlights what has changed between 2017 and
2018. This graphically shows the impact of Asia / Europe and the
Americas on the revenue growth.
The net profit before tax bridge
– again graphically displays the
impact of individual items on net profit before tax.
Operational Review
Health & Safety is very important to Scott. The Company, through
the Board, closely monitors and manages our health and safety
performance. We have a strong commitment to safety at work and
we continually seek to improve our systems, processes and most
importantly, outcomes.
It has been a busy year, a lot has been achieved. Here we list out
some of our key operational achievements.
After several years of pursuing a diversification strategy, we now
have an excellent spread of customers across industries and these
are supported by Scott team members located in our key markets.
Scott people are generally highly skilled, motivated people with
recognised industry knowledge. We can provide our customers
with skilled technical support across geographies, matching the
location of our customers. The ‘One Scott Team’ approach enables
us to think global and act local to deliver operational excellence in
all areas of our business.
Global Foot Print
This shows our various locations around the globe. We now have
good presence where we need to be.
Research & Development.
As part of our Kiwi DNA we use Research and Development to
underpin organic growth and to ensure that we continually push
the boundaries to develop and maintain intellectual property that
keeps us at the forefront of technology and applications.
The year to 31 August was our first full year of Bladestop operation
since we purchased the business after operating under licence until
October 2016.
Scott continues to roll out our Bladestop saws across the globe,
with recent focus on the Americas and Europe. During the year the
product range was extended with the addition of the Scott600 saw
and a European saw. It is pleasing to report that immediately upon
completion of the development of the Scott600 saw; orders were
received for 22 saws. This reflected pent up demand but also
demonstrates that execution of our strategy is delivering results.
Before providing commentary on our Outlook, I’d like to touch on
strategy.
The results of our research and development endeavours,
combined with products added through our recent acquisitions,
position Scott as an end‐to‐end automation solutions provider. We
have many opportunities for cross‐selling between industries and
technologies and we have achieved recent success with cross‐
selling opportunities of Alvey and Transbotics equipment ‐ earlier
than planned.
Automatic Guided Vehicles from our Transbotics facility have
already been sold into Australia and the UK and opportunities for
Alvey technology have been opened up in the US, Australia and
New Zealand.
With the support of Scott and our sales network we have seen rapid
expansion of opportunities for AGV’s and next year we expect to
treble the annual sales achieved in Transbotics, albeit off a low
base.
A key initiative for the short term is to develop our global Services
business. Historically, as an automation robotics company focused
on bespoke systems, Service and Spare Parts was often an
afterthought, particularly as our manufacturing base was distant
from our customers. With lessons learned from our acquired
businesses and an increased physical presence in‐market, Scott is
now well positioned to support customers with after‐market
Service and Spare Parts. Service is being established as its own
business unit within Scott and managed globally and supported by
in‐country Service Managers.
Our strategy focuses management in four key areas. These are set
out in this slide with key actions planned for the year ahead. Our
internal Key Performance Indicators support a Balance Scorecard in
each of these measures.
Management is driven to deliver on Scott’s strategy. The
integration of our recent acquisitions, promoting cross‐selling
opportunities and the provision of end‐to‐end solutions will drive
our short term growth.
Our Service and Spare Parts business has the potential to provide
superior customer experience and we expect this area of the
business to grow rapidly to around 25% of our total revenues.
Research and Development, supported by our digital initiatives will
keep us at the forefront and an exciting place to work, helping us
to attract the right talent, which I may add, is becoming increasingly
difficult in many of our geographies, particularly the USA, Australia
and New Zealand.
With automation & robotics, digital is imbedded in much of what
we do. With a focus on Industry 4.0 or Industrial Internet of Things,
machine connectivity, artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual
reality, not to mention the package software acquired through our
acquisitions, Scott has a substantial digital platform.
To ensure we capture the opportunities ahead of us, we now have
a technical team focussing on or digital platform development.
And, lastly, what does this all mean for us going forward?
We have a very strong workload, supported by an extensive sales
pipeline. At nine months our project forward work is slightly lower
than 2017, however, our business is now significantly larger, we
have more projects with shorter duration and project work has
reduced to under 60% of our total revenues – the other 40% being
sales of engineered products, service and spare parts – what we
refer to as our ‘recurring revenues’.
On top of this we have significant project work underway across
our key industries, many of these projects are pushing us into new
technologies and applications. These may not yield great returns
in the short term, but position Scott well in the longer term.
We expect to increase sales to JBS slowly and increasingly benefit
from the Alvey and Transbotics acquisitions. The integration of
these businesses making additional capability and technologies
available to existing customers will drive organic growth.
Scott is a technology company. Our investment in R&D is significant
and required to maintain and develop the business. Many growth
businesses burn cash as they invest in technologies to acquire
customers and to achieve revenue growth. At Scott we are
achieving significant revenue growth, while at the same time
generating cash, delivering profits and creating significant
shareholder wealth.
It has been a challenging year. Significant growth means that things
need to change and change is not welcome by all. To support
growth we have added strong management, increased R&D and
introduced new products and technologies.
I would like to thank you, the shareholders, for your continued
support, my fellow Directors for their support and encouragement
and all the team members at Scott who come to work every day to
create a better future.
I now formally second the motion moved by the Chairman that the
Annual Report, including the Directors Report, Financial
Statements and Audit Report of Scott Technology Limited for the
year ended 31 August 2018 be adopted.
Thank you.
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Company Results ReviewChris Hopkins, CEONovember 2018
•
Outline
Performance & ResultsOperational ReviewResearch & DevelopmentStrategic FocusOutlook
Scott Annual Meeting 2018
Performance highlights for the year to 31 August 2018
•
Reported Revenue of $181.8m –
up 37%
on 2017
•
Delivered Operating Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation
and Amortisation of $19.8m –
up
21%
on 2017
•
Earnings per share of 14.3 cents –
up 8%
on 2017 (2018 affected by a higher amortisation charge
relating to the Bladestopand other acquisition)
•
Operating cash inflow of $0.6m (vs inflow of $13.4m in 2017) re
flects working capital required to fund
expansion via acquisitions and sales growth
•
Cash of $12.5m (with short term debt of $7.4m and deferred sett
lement of $6.3m)
•
Final dividend at 6.0cents and full year dividend of 10.0 cents
per share unchanged
2017 2018 Increase 2018 2018 Increase 2018 Increase
Existing Existing on 2017
Acquisitions
Total on 2017
Annualised
on 2017
Scott Scott
incl Acq.
Revenue
132,631
151,093
14%
30,686
181,779
37%
225,000
70%
Operating EBITDA (excluding acq. one offs) 16,367
18,152
11%
1,650
19,803
21%
22,000
34%
Net Surplus attributable to shareholders
9,890
10,768
9%
Earnings per share (cents per share)
13.2
14.3
8%
2017 to 2018 Comparison
2017
2018
change
2017
2018
change
Australasia
99,848
100,492
644
12,183
11,899
(284)
Americas
17,055
29,141
12,086
1,287
2,490
1,203
Asia & Europe 15,730
52,146
36,416
(684)
441
1,125
132,633
181,779
49,146
12,786
14,830
2,044
Unallocated (2,521)
(4,058)
10,265
10,772
Revenue
Surplus after Tax
Segment Results
Revenue by Target Industry Sector
26,308
39,581
26,461
40,281
‐
41,069
45,032
33,313
35,657
26,708
‐
5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,00
0 50,000
Appliances
Meat Processing
Mining
Other Industrial Automation
Materials Handling & Logistics
2018
2017
8,267
35,614
49,632
3,215
15,987
4,955
2,327
12,634
11,840
51,450
47,505
6,270
10,609
2,983
4,752
46,370
‐
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
New Zealand
North America incl Mexico
Australia & Pacific Islands
South America
Asia
Russia & former states
Africa & Middle East
Other Europe
2018
2017
Revenue By Customer Location
Revenue Analysis
Revenue matrix for 2017/18 Financial yearBy Industry and location of Custome
r
Geographical location of the customer
New Zealand North America Australia South America
Asia
Russia
Africa
Europe
Total
Appliances
113 3
8
16
41
Materials Handling
27
27
Meat Processing
91123
2
45
Mining
71061351
33
Industrial Automation
2
20
12
2
36
T
otal
12
51
48
6
11
3
5
46
182
2017
2018
$000 $000
Change
Cash
26,670
12,473
Current portion loans
‐
(3,321)
Deferred settlement
‐
(6,275)
Net Cash
26,670
2,877
(23,793)
Trade debtors
17,833
37,064
Inventories
16,272
22,825
Contract WIP
4,108
3,077
Trade creditors
(16,590)
(30,322)
Taxation payable
(3,691)
(2,738)
Working Capital
17,932
29,906
11,974
Other net current assets and liabilities
(2,805)
(8,604)
(5,799)
Sub Total Current + cash
41,797
24,179
(17,618)
Non Current excl. intangibles
Assets
16,655
18,377
1,722
Liabilities
(2,594)
(8,492)
(5,898)
Net Tangible Assets
55,858
34,064
(21,794)
Goodwill
29,987
53,780
23,793
Intangible assets
11,311
15,103
3,792
Equity
97,156
102,947
5,791
Balance Sheet Movements
April 2016
JBS acquires
50.1% at
$1.39 per
share
Aug balance date
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Accum growth
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
$m
Meat processing
5
5
6
6
8
8
11
39
40
45
40
Industrial
21387 931314036
33
Mining
12
19
28
34
29
14
17
22
26
33
21
Appliances
12
22
16
16
17
29
14
20
26
41
29
Materials handling
27
27
Other
633 1 1212
2
Total
31
47
59
67
63
62
73
114
134
184
153
Sales to JBS
0.3
3.2
5.6
Acquisitions
Rocklabs
RobotWorx
MAR
Bladestop
Alvey
Apr-08
May-14
Jan-15
Oct-16
Apr-18
Transbotics
Jun-18
Revenue CAGR
1 year
3 year
5 year
10 year
Meat processing
14%
8%
54%
32%
Industrial
-11%
8%
41%
36%
Mining
26%
22%
23%
12%
Appliances
56%
43%
9%
15%
TOTAL
36%
26%
31%
22%
Sector Revenue Breakdown
‐5,00005,00010,00015,00020,00025,000
0
20,00040,00060,00080,000
100,000120,000140,000160,000180,000200,000
FY09
FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
FY14
FY15
FY16 FY17
FY18
Series2
Series3
26%
31%
22%
Revenue LHS
5 year rev CAGR
3 year rev CAGR
Rocklabs
Apr 08
Bladestop
Oct 16
MAR
Jan 15
RobotWorx
May 14
JBS buys 50.1%
Apr 16
10 year rev CAGR
2H EBITDA (RHS)
1H EBITDA (RHS)
Alvey: Apr 18
Transbotics: Jun 18
Revenue Growth Profile
181,779
132,631
36,416
12,086
646
‐
20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000
100,000 120,000 140,000 160,000 180,000 200,000
FY17 rev
Asia/Europe
Americas
Australasia
FY18 rev
Revenue Bridge FY18to FY18($000’s)
15,046
( 221)
( 280)
( 631)
( 1,238)
( 1,432)
14,913
2,254
1,391
290
‐
2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000
10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000 20,000
FY17 NPBT Asia/Europe Americas JV N
et surplus Admin & FX Australasia
Net Interest Dep & Amort One‐off items FY18 NPBT
NPBT Bridge FY17 to FY18($000’s)
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Outline
Performance & ResultsOperational ReviewResearch & DevelopmentStrategic FocusOutlook
Scott Annual Meeting 2018
CommitmentbyalltosafetyatworkSystemsandProcessesMonitoringeffectivenessResultsmatter
Operations –Health & Safety
•
Over 300 projects shipped
•
230 robot arms sold
•
Multiple project wins by Scott Germany team
•
Completed our largest ever project –Oven Chassis Line
•
Commenced our largest R&D project for Beef automation
•
Mining Laboratory automation projects beyond business as usual
•
194 Bladestopssold
•
Completed acquisition of Alveyand Transbotics
•
Research & Development Investment of $11m (equivalent to 6% of
revenue)
•
High staff retention –less than 6% turnover
Operational Achievements
Significant Rewards From Recent Strategy Implementation Diversification
across industries and customers has reduced risk & increased op
portunity
Materials
Handling &
Logistics
Mining
Meat Processing
Appliances & Metal
Forming
Industrial Automation
& Robotics
and provided us with critical mass in key markets
:
New
Zealand
(230 Staff)
Australia
(90 Staff)
China
(30 Staff)
USA
(80 Staff)
Europe
(300 Staff)
Scott Group Global Presence
•
Outline
Performance & ResultsOperational ReviewResearch & DevelopmentStrategic FocusOutlook
Scott Annual Meeting 2018
Research & Development will underpin Scott’s Strategy currently includes:
•
Ongoing Meat processing developments
•
Bladestop–new product rollout
•
Mining technology developments
•
Digital applications and monetisation
Research & Development
Expanded Bladestopproduct range:
•
Development of Scott 600 saw completed
•
Scott 400 development underway
•
New European saw partnership
BladestopBandsaws
•
Outline
Performance & ResultsOperational ReviewResearch & DevelopmentStrategic FocusOutlook
Scott Annual Meeting 2018
Provided “End to End” automation solutions capability ..
Customers
highly value this !
Maestro software
Grading & sorting
Metal cabinet forming; X‐ray primal system; beef scribing; mineral crushing and pulverising
Weighing; forequarter & middle processing; robotic welding & polishing, product scanning and validation
Conveyors; robotic pick & pack, AGV’s,palletisers
Warehousing storage & retrieval; AGVs; container loading
Customer Training
Aftermarket Service &
Warranty
Commissioning
GLOBAL SERVICES
Acquisition Strategy has....
Our new global services stra
tegy will further strengthen
Significant Rewards From Recent Strategy Implementation
Strategy 2019 ... what are our actions FY 2019
2019
Internal Processes•
Collaboration
•
Project Time Line Improvement
•
Manufacturing discipline
Customer Value Proposition•
Industry Knowledge Sharing
•
Global Services Team
•
CSAT Survey & Actions
People, Productivity,
Learning and Growth
•
“One Scott” everywhere
•
Cross selling proficiency
•
Leadership development
Financials•
Service sales
•
Solution up selling
•
Increased products
To deliver on Scott’s Strategy, the focus will be on:•
Integration of AlveyEurope and TransboticsUSA
•
Cross Selling Opportunities
•
Provision of ‘End to End’ solutions
•
Service and Spare Parts
•
Research & Development
•
Digital
Strategy ‐Focus Areas
1. Vision and image analysis2. Package Software
‐Maestro (ex Alvey)‐TMO (ex Transbotics)
3. IIOT and connectivity
‐Equipment reporting
‐Diagnostics‐Maintenance ‐OEE
4. Machine Learning
‐AI / convolutional neural networks
5. Augmented Reality 6. Virtual Reality
–for Marketing and Training
Strategy –Digital Direction
•
Outline
Performance & ResultsOperational ReviewResearch & DevelopmentStrategic FocusOutlook
Scott Annual Meeting 2018
•
Forwardprojectwork–approx.9months
•
Significantprojectworkunderway
‐Meatdevelopmentwork(Beef,PorkandPoultry)‐MiningsystemsintoAustralia,NorwayandMexico‐AppliancesystemsforEurope,USAandChina
•
IncreasingsalestoJBS($5.6minFY18)
•
Acquisitiongrowth–FullyearAlvey&Transbotics
•
OrganicGrowth
‐Expandandimproveoncurrentactivities‐OngoingInvestmentinR&D:
•
Maintenance‐tomaintaincompetitiveedge
•
Development‐tocreatenewopportunities
Outlook
Collaborative Palletiser Video
Thank you
Scott capability showcase video
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