Miele has reported a 12.2% increase in sales to €5.43 billion (£4.83bn) for 2022.
The company said that it sold more units than ever before, despite fragile supply chains and a decline in markets overall.
With 23,322 employees, Miele reported the largest workforce in its history and said that in 2022, substantial improvements were achieved by it in the field of climate protection, including the increased use of solar power, ‘green’ steel and co-operations centred on electromobility,. as well as improvements in the energy efficiency of appliances.
Despite fragile supply chains around the world, Miele said it was able to continue production at a high level without noteworthy interruptions throughout the year.
Talking about it business around the world, Miele said above-par contributions from eastern European and Asian markets, including China, but long-standing markets such as Australia, Great Britain, the Netherlands and the USA gave a good hand, too.
IThe contribution to turnover coming from outside Germany was 72%.
Among the product groups for households, above all dishwashers, laundry care appliances and cooking products performed above average, boosted by the first IFA trade show since 2019 with its innovation focus on energy efficiency and cooking with artificial intelligence.
For the first time ever, Miele produced more than one million washing machines and dishwashers each in a single calendar year.
Vacuum cleaners, refrigeration products and coffee machines, all of which profited in a major way from the Covid-induced boom in 2020 and 2021, saw turnover increase in 2022, Miele said.
