SMAのChief Executive Officer（CEO）であるPierre-Pascal Urbonは次のように述べています。「中国政府によるPV拡大目標の突然かつ大幅な引き下げにより、中国におけるモジュールとインバータの生産能力は大幅に過剰になっています。そのため、中国メーカーは国際市場にいっそうプレッシャーをかけており、すべての市場とセグメントですでに急落していた価格がますます落ち込む結果となりました。ここ数週間、プロジェクト開発者や投資家の間では、さらなる価格の下落を見込んで、来年のPVプロジェクトの実施をさらに延期する動きが見られます。こうした状況から、現在SMAの受注は当社の予想を下回っています。」
変化する状況の中でSMAの採算性を早急に回復させるため、経営委員会は会社組織を適正化することを決定しました。Pierre-Pascal Urbonは次のように述べています。「今後数カ月および2019年に向けて、主要な太陽光発電市場で製品イノベーションを導入します。これにより、コンポーネント事業における価格プレッシャーの高まりに対抗できるようになります。エネルギー管理や蓄電ステム統合の分野における当社の専門知識によって、長期的には利益率の高いシステム事業やサービス事業に進出していくことができます。また、中期的には会社組織の適正化を進め、市場ごとの変化にいっそう柔軟に対応できるようにします。計画済みの対策は年末までに採用される予定です。これらは、業務面や技術面をわかりやすくシンプルにすること、業務の外部委託、管理分野のグローバルな調整といった課題に関するものです。健全な財務体質と構造改革を着実に実行する経験を有する当社は、今後予想される市場統合の恩恵を受け、採算性を早急に回復させる準備を整えています。」
About SMA
The SMA Group with sales of around €900 million in 2017 is a global leader for solar inverters, a key component of all PV plants. SMA offers a wide range of products and solutions that allow for high energy yields for residential and commercial PV systems and large-scale PV power plants. To increase PV self-consumption efficiently, SMA system technology can easily be combined with different battery technologies. Intelligent energy management and digital energy solutions, comprehensive services and operational management of PV power plants round off SMA’s range. The company is headquartered in Niestetal, near Kassel, Germany, is represented in 19 countries and has more than 3,000 employees worldwide, including 500 working in Development. SMA’s multi-award-winning technology is protected by more than 1,100 patents and utility models. Since 2008, the Group’s parent company, SMA Solar Technology AG, has been listed on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (S92) and is listed in the SDAX index.
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