Orders received by the Volkswagen Group

ORDERS RECEIVED IN THE PASSENGER CARS SEGMENT IN WESTERN EUROPE

In the reporting period orders received in Western Europe recorded a slight increase of 2.4% compared to the previous year, which had seen a decline due to the introduction of the WLTP test procedure. Developments in the key markets were mixed: while Germany, France and Italy registered increases, incoming orders fell in the United Kingdom and Spain.

ORDERS RECEIVED FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

Orders received for mid-sized and heavy trucks and buses as well as for commercial vehicles from the MAN TGE van series decreased by 6.8% year-on-year to 227,240 vehicles in 2019. In Western Europe, our main sales market, the deteriorating economic situation, especially in Germany, and the uncertain outcome of the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU led to a marked decline in orders received. Orders received in South America were up as a consequence of the economic stabilization in Brazil.

ORDERS RECEIVED IN THE POWER ENGINEERING SEGMENT

The long-term performance of the Power Engineering business is determined by the macroeconomic environment. Individual major orders lead to fluctuations in incoming orders during the year that do not correlate with these long-term trends.

Orders received in the Power Engineering segment in 2019 amounted to €4.3 (4.0) billion. Engines & Marine Systems and Turbomachinery generated more than two-thirds of the order volume in a persistently difficult market environment.

In the marine business, for example, hybrid drive systems each consisting of dual fuel engines, a MAN Cryo gas system including an LNG tank, a battery system and an energy management system, were commissioned for two new ferries. Orders were won in Germany for 22 gas-powered engines with an aggregate output of 270 MW in the power plant business. For turbomachinery, we received several orders for compressor trains, which will be used in the world’s largest terephthalic acid (PTA) plant, as well as an engineering contract for several underwater compressor stations, which will be deployed at a depth of 1,350 meters at a gas production facility in the waters off the coast of Australia.