News: Suppliers
3 February 2025
Riber’s full-year revenue grows 5% to €41.2m in 2024
For fourth-quarter 2024, molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system maker Riber S.A. of Bezons, France has reported revenue of €22.7m, remaining strong as it was down just 2% on a high basis of comparison off €23.1m a year ago.
Full-year revenue has still grown, by 5% from 2023’s €39.2m to €41.2m in 2024. Revenues for Services & Accessories was steady, falling by just 1% from €10.3m to €10.2m. MBE Systems revenues grew by 7% from €29m to €31m (despite delivering just 12 systems rather than the 13 in 2023).
Of total revenue, 57.3% came from Asia, 35.7% from Europe and 7.1% from North America.
Order book falls by 17%
Reflecting the sustained deliveries at the end of the year, the order book shrank by 17%, from €26.3m at the end of 2023 to €21.7m at the end of 2024. Services & Accessories orders fell from €6.1m to €5m. MBE Systems orders fell from €20.2m to €16.7m, comprising seven systems (including five production machines). This excludes two orders announced in January for a production system in Europe and a research system in the USA, both scheduled for delivery in 2025.
Full-year revenue growth expected in 2025
Given the solid revenue growth, Riber reaffirms its objective of achieving further earnings growth in 2024.
Riber says that, in an environment marked by accelerating technological innovation and growing demand for advanced semiconductor materials, it is pursuing an ambitious growth strategy based on enhancing its technological leadership and expanding its markets through the integration of the silicon photonics sector and the development of high-value-added solutions for quantum materials.
Given the composition of the order book at end-December 2024 as well as the outlook for orders to be delivered this year, Riber is forecasting further growth in revenue in 2025 compared with 2024.
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