格劳博集团监事会主席

Mr. Christian Grob

　　亲爱的员工们：

　　尊敬的业务伙伴们、亲爱的格劳博公司的朋友们：

　　我们企业发展过程中的里程碑不仅仅在于历史上几大重要的转折点，还在于我们面向未来并始终引领潮流的措施。目前，我们对经营范围作出了进一步的拓展， 已经进军了“ 电动汽车”这一新的业务领域，这也堪称一大里程碑。早在几年前，管理层和我们家族就已经在密切磋商有关进军电动汽车领域的长远战略性规划，并为之作好了充分的准备，随着我们成功收购都灵的DMG meccanica，这一规划终于尘埃落定。

　　格劳博集团有着清晰的结构拓展规划，并且已经准备好迎接未来所面临的挑战，而进军电动汽车领域只是这其中的一个部分而已。我们在系统技术、万能机床和装配技术等业务领域的能力已得到了充分的证明，并在这些领域实现了大量的创新研发，这保证了我们未来在技术层面仍然能在市场上处于领先地位。随着装配车间H13 的顺利竣工，我们明德海姆总部的生产面积又增加了37,000 m2。我们在圣保罗设有巴西工厂，并早已在其旁边收购了一块地皮，由于我们工厂的面积需要扩增，目前正逐步对这块地皮边翻新边使用。为了扩建我们位于布拉夫顿的北美工厂，我们计划施工建立一栋新的销售和食堂大楼。今年年中，一家新的服务和销售办事处在底特律正式开幕营业。印度是一个面向未来的市场，我们将在那里长期设立生产工厂，该工厂将面向服务和本土化经营业务。此外，我们还在高素质工作岗位方面进行了大量的投资，其吸引了并将不断吸引开发人员和工程师的加盟，旨在对未来所面临技术和工艺方面的挑战作好准备。

　　我们在工厂、员工以及创新技术专业知识方面采取了很多措施并进行了相当的投资，这一切都是因为格劳博集团作为一家家族企业想要倾尽全力继续成为我们亲爱的员工们可靠的用人单位，并一如既往作为我们客户实力强大和成功的合作伙伴而努力着。

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格劳博集团财务总监 Mr. Wolfram Weber

格劳博集团首席执行官 Mr. German Wankmiller

格劳博集团销售总监 Mr. Jochen Nahl

　　亲爱的员工们：

　　动力总成和车身轻量化领域正紧锣密鼓地进行着技术方面的变革。电动和混合动力驱动装置的创新研发已被所有汽车制造商重视，并在全球范围内得到了大力的推广。由于各国在政治和法律方面有着极为不同的规定，因此电动和混合动力汽车推入市场的力度在北美、欧洲、中国都是各不相同的。

　　尽管如此，采用新的技术为生产设备提供正确的创新研发和工艺，这对格劳博而言仍是非常重要的。这也是我们企业所面临的一个巨大挑战。过去的两年里，我们进行了深入的研发工作，除了已在汽车行业开发了生产设备的业务外，还在电动驱动技术和电池存储技术方面掌握了新的技能，并在该新业务领域得到了汽车制造商的信任。因此我们能够在过去的十二个月里开展了多个国际汽车业的项目，这些项目所涉及的内容均为电动驱动装置制造用生产设备。

　　在推动这种用于新业务领域“电动汽车”技术的同时，格劳博还促进了一大批其它非常重要的创新开发。这其中包括了正处于第六代开发阶段的全新 G 模块，其适用于单主轴和双主轴规格 G 300 和 G 500 的外形尺寸。新的加工中心更加动态化，并有诸如双托盘交换装置之类的附加组件。由于汽车车身和底盘中轻量级零件的数量越来越多，因此我们开发了专用于框架件和结构件的新型机床。

　　格劳博围绕新开发的大型加工中心，拓展了万能机床产品系列。在装配技术方面，我们开发了一种用于装配变速箱和内燃机这类汽车组件的新型模块化标准构件。凭借这种标准模块构件，格劳博将来会更具有竞争力。在软件技术方面，我们凭借所开发的GROB-Net4Industry和 HPP (High Performance Programming) 为格劳博开辟了另一大业务领域。为了能够实施有着全面测试需求的创新研发活动，并开展大型生产项目，那么我们必须满怀积极性和责任心力争完成要求严苛的项目和目标。

　　除了这些技术进步之外，我们在新财政年度的头几个月里各种产品的订单量堪称优异。在接下来的几个月里，这一趋势很可能得以延续。汽车业的技术变革在很大程度受到法律规定的影响，还包括国际政治方面的因素，故此要对未来项目的可规划性及由此得出的订单量作出预估是很困难的。由于我们总能够及时看到这种变革，并提前开始进行各种全方位的创新研发，所以我们能够为这种新的情况做足准备。

　　正由于有了各方面的参与和良好的合作，我们一定能够很好地应对未来面临的挑战。

　　GROB SECURES ITS FUTURE WITH INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES & ENTRYMOBILITY SECTOR INTO THE ELECTRO

　　DEAR COLLEAGUES,

　　Dear Business Partners and Friends of GROB,

　　The milestones in our company’s developmentare not just important highlights in our history. They are also key initiativesthat have continuously helped shape the future of our company. We have now reached another of these milestones with the addition of our new “Electromobility” business field to our portfolio. This strategic move into the e-mobility sector had been planned for a long time. The company‘s management had been working closely with our family for many years to lay the groundwork for this step and the move has now been successfully completed with the acquisition of DMG meccanica in Torino.

　　The move to the electromobility sector is just one part of the GROB Group’s clearly structured expansion strategy and its preparations to face future challenges. A host of new developments are currently being implemented in our traditional business fields of system engineering, universal machines and assembly technology – all of which will enable us to remain a technology leader in the market as we move forward. The new assembly hall H13, for example, has given us an extra 37,000 m2 of production space at our headquarters in Mindelheim.

　　At our Brazilian factory in S?o Paulo, we purchased an adjacent plot of land with assembly halls some time ago and are now gradually renovating these buildings and using them to expand our activities from our existing factory. In addition to this, we are also expanding our North American plant in Bluffton and plan to build new sales offices and a canteenat the site. A new service and distribution branch was opened in Detroit in the middle of this year. In the growth market of India, we will be building a production hall for service and localization over the long term. We also invested in additional, highly-qualified positions for developers and engineers and will continue to do this to ensure we are in a strong position to capitalize on future technologies and processes.

　　All of these initiatives and investments in our factories, our employees and also in innovative technology and expertise reflect our commitment as a family-owned business to continue doing everything in our power to ensure that GROB-WERKE remains a reliable employer for you, our employees, and a strong, successful partnerto our customers.

　　Christian Grob

　　Chairman of the Supervisory Board

　　DEAR COLLEAGUES,

　　The technology used in powertrains and light-weight chassis construction in the automotive sector is changing rapidly. Across the globe, car manufacturers are rapidly driving forward innovations in electric and hybrid drives. Due to major differences in political and legal legislation in countries across the world, the speed at which electric and hybrid cars are being launched varies significantly from North America through Europe to China.

　　Despite this situation, it is crucial that GROB delivers the right innovations and processes for production systems implementing new technologies. This is a huge challenge for our company. We have carried out intensive development work here over the last two years and have been able to expand our established business in production systems for the automotive sector and acquire new skills and expertise in production systems for electric drive technology and battery storage technology. We have also won over car manufacturers,who see us as a trusted partner in this new business field.

　　Subsequently, in the past twelve months we have already concluded numerous projects in the international automotive sector for production systems capable of manufacturing electric drives.

　　Parallel to these technologies in the new ?electromobility“ business field, GROB has advanced a number of further, very important new developments. These include the new sixth generation G-modules for the G300 and G500 versions in single- and dual-spindle models. The new machining centers are even more dynamic and have been equipped with additional components such as a double pallet changer. We have developed new machines for frame and structural components in response to the continual rise in lightweight components in car bodies and chassis.

　　GROB has expanded its universal machine series to include two new large-scale machining centers. In the field of assembly technology, we have set up a new modular structure for the assembly of vehicle transmissions and combustion engines. This standard modular structure will significantly increase GROB‘s competitive position in the future. In software technology, we have entered a new business field with our GROB-NET4Industry and High Performance Programming (HPP) developments. We would not have been able to implement these new developments and extensive tests or handle the enormous productionprogram without you, our employees, and your motivation and commitment to mastering the challenging projects and goals we face. In addition to this progress on the technology front, we also achieved outstanding order intake figures across all product areas in the first months of the new fiscal year. We strongly believe that this will continue over the coming months.

　　The technological changes in cars together with the strong impact of legal regulations plus additional international political influences make it more difficult for us to reliably plan future projects and, subsequently, forecast order intake. However, our decision to address these changes in good time and develop an extensive range of new developments early on, means that we are perfectly prepared to deal with these new situations.

　　Thanks to your commitment and excellent cooperation, we will continue to master the challenges we face in the future.

　　Your GROB-WERKE management board