At a glance
The MCH Group is a leading international live-marketing company with a comprehensive services network spanning the entire exhibition and event market. It creates effective platforms and provides customised solutions in all the different areas of live marketing – all over the world.
The MCH Group’s business activity covers the running of the exhibition sites in Basel, Lausanne und Zurich (Venues), the staging of around 40 MCH exhibitions (Exhibitions) and the provision of customised services in the fields of strategy and conception, marketing consulting, event management, exhibition and event structures and multimedia (Live Marketing Solutions). In 2017, the MCH Group organised or hosted around 1,000 events and took charge of more than 2,800 projects in the field of live-marketing solutions.
SmartSuisse 2017
In the 2017 financial year, the MCH Group achieved operating income (sales) of just under CHF 500 million. The group profit from ordinary operating activity is CHF 10 million. Due to special measures – extraordinary depreciation on the exhibition halls in Basel and special provisions for structural optimisations in the national exhibition and event business – a loss of CHF 110 million has resulted.
Key figures
Group Income Statement
|
Group Income Statement in CHF million |
2017 |
% of income |
2017 before special measures |
% of income |
2016 |
% of income |
2015 |
% of income |
|
Operating income |
493.3 |
100.0 |
493.3 |
100.0 |
440.3 |
100.0 |
418.9 |
100.0 |
|
Exhibitions |
294.9 |
59.8 |
294.9 |
59.8 |
332.9 |
75.6 |
296.5 |
70.8 |
|
Venues |
36.9 |
7.5 |
36.9 |
7.5 |
41.9 |
9.5 |
43.9 |
10.5 |
|
Live Marketing Solutions |
161.5 |
32.7 |
161.5 |
32.7 |
65.5 |
14.9 |
78.5 |
18.7 |
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EBITDA |
43.8 |
8.9 |
61.5 |
12.5 |
89.0 |
20.2 |
85.3 |
20.4 |
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EBIT |
–104.0 |
–21.1 |
16.1 |
3.3 |
41.6 |
9.5 |
40.1 |
9.6 |
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Group loss / profit |
–110.0 |
–22.3 |
10.0 |
2.0 |
34.3 |
7.8 |
30.9 |
7.4 |
Group Balance Sheet
|
Group Balance Sheet in CHF million |
31.12.2017 |
% of total assets |
31.12.2016 |
% of total assets |
31.12.2015 |
% of total assets |
|
Current assets |
259.9 |
37.8 |
356.9 |
39.0 |
322.0 |
35.2 |
|
Non-current assets |
428.3 |
62.2 |
559.1 |
61.0 |
592.3 |
64.8 |
|
Assets |
688.2 |
100.0 |
916.0 |
100.0 |
914.3 |
100.0 |
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Liabilities |
454.5 |
66.0 |
477.1 |
52.1 |
506.4 |
55.4 |
|
Shareholders’ equity |
233.7 |
34.0 |
438.9 |
47.9 |
407.9 |
44.6 |
|
Equity and Liabilities |
688.2 |
100.0 |
916.0 |
100.0 |
914.3 |
100.0 |
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Net debt in CHF million |
2017 |
|
2016 |
|
2015 |
|
|
31.12. |
130.7 |
|
69.1 |
|
91.9 |
|
Share price and proposed dividend
|
Share prices and proposed dividend in CHF |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
|
Share price 31.12. |
66.30 |
69.10 |
62.50 |
|
Proposed dividend per share |
0.00 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
Exhibitions & Venues
|
2017 |
Number |
Exhibitors |
Visitors |
GEA 1) |
Duration 2) |
|
Exhibitions |
29 |
7 001 |
1 464 042 |
837 927 |
143 |
|
MCH exhibitions |
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Messe Basel |
12 |
3 797 |
646 235 |
401 189 |
58 |
|
Expo Beaulieu Lausanne |
5 |
1 266 |
235 879 |
103 731 |
31 |
|
Messe Zürich |
7 |
1 216 |
321 188 |
111 035 |
32 |
|
Other locations |
5 |
722 |
260 740 |
221 972 |
22 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Venues |
941 |
13 265 |
2 260 657 |
1 079 563 |
550 |
|
All events |
|
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|
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|
Exhibitions |
75 |
12 650 |
1 670 765 |
1 052 402 |
256 |
|
Messe Basel |
21 |
4 881 |
747 865 |
501 719 |
81 |
|
Expo Beaulieu Lausanne |
19 |
2 094 |
313 187 |
190 040 |
70 |
|
Messe Zürich |
35 |
5 675 |
609 713 |
360 643 |
105 |
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Hall rentals & events |
29 |
|
104 575 |
|
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Messe Basel |
9 |
|
65 300 |
|
|
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Expo Beaulieu Lausanne |
7 |
|
7 795 |
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|
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Messe Zürich |
13 |
|
31 480 |
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Conferences & room rentals |
456 |
615 |
131 867 |
27 161 |
294 |
|
Congress Center Basel |
164 |
615 |
128 087 |
27 161 |
294 |
|
Conference rooms Messe Zürich |
292 |
|
3 780 |
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Musical Theaters |
381 |
|
353 450 |
|
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|
Musical Theater Basel |
185 |
|
177 050 |
|
|
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Theater 11 Zürich |
196 |
|
176 400 |
|
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1) Gross exhibition area in m 2
2) No. of days (without assembly/dismantling)
Live Marketing Solutions
|
2017 |
Projects |
in Switzerland |
abroad |
|
Live Marketing Solutions |
2 803 |
1 054 |
1 749 |
|
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|
Strategy & Conception |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Marketing Consulting |
84 |
81 |
3 |
|
Event Management |
44 |
26 |
18 |
|
Exhibitions & Event Construction |
1 917 |
220 |
1 697 |
|
Multi Media |
754 |
727 |
27 |
