A word of welcome from the Chairman of the Supervisory Board

In this, our annual report for 2022, the PCC Group looks back on a very challenging but at the same time extraordinarily successful year. Despite the numerous unexpected obstacles that had to be overcome as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war, it was in this reporting period that the PCC Group achieved its best results in its almost thirty-year corporate history. This success is founded on our extensive, far-sighted investment program of recent years. As Chairman of the Supervisory Board, I would like, also on behalf of my non-executive colleagues, to express my great appreciation and gratitude to the management of PCC SE, to the executive boards and managing directors of all subsidiaries and, especially, to all our employees. Our thanks likewise go to all our business partners and, of course, to all our investors, many of whom have been with PCC for a very long time. You all have contributed significantly to the positive developments that we have witnessed.

Fiscal 2023 has also brought many challenges, including high energy and raw material costs in Europe fueling high rates of inflation. We all have to face these problems together. The Supervisory Board of PCC SE believes that the company is well positioned to pursue just such an approach. As you will be able to discern from this annual report, the start to the new fiscal year has also been positive, with the prospect of the PCC Group reaching an important milestone along the road to further sustainable growth in its core business – with the commissioning of a new production plant in Malaysia. The geographic expansion of this core business in the high-growth US market is also to be taken a decisive step forward in 2023. The Supervisory Board supports these plans and looks forward to accompanying PCC as it forges its future.

Duisburg, April 2023

Kind regards,

Waldemar Preussner
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PCC SE