Annual Report 2009 - Von Roll

Financial Reporting 2009 – Consolidated Financial Statements 59Reportable business segments are determined on the basis of the management approach. External segmentreporting is then carried out on the basis of the internal Group organisation and management structure as well asinternal financial reporting to the chief operating decision maker. At Von Roll, this position is held by the Board ofDirectors of Von Roll Holding AG.Description of segmentsThe operating activities of Von Roll are divided into the Von Roll Insulation, Von Roll Composites and Von Roll Transformersbusiness units. These units are organised in accordance with business applications for clients and form thebasis of Von Roll’s primary segment information.Principal activities break down as follows:Von Roll Insulation – production and supply of electrical insulation materials and winding wires.Von Roll Composites – production and supply of composite materials and cable protection materials.Von Roll Transformers – production and supply of energy transmission and distribution solutions.For further information on the business units, please refer to the image section of this Annual Report.Other activities include income and expense of companies not categorised as part of the operating business, andnet income from investment properties and holding companies.The table below shows a breakdown of Group net sales by geographical market, irrespective of the origin of thegoods and services:Geographical information by location of customerin CHF 1,000 2009 in % 2008 in % VariationEMEA 291,892 53 % 394,333 55 % – 26 %America 149,758 27 % 176,426 25 % – 15 %Asia 107,779 20 % 139,296 20 % – 23 %Von Roll 549,429 100 % 710,055 100 % – 23 %Information on gross sales generated with external clients in Switzerland is not available and the costs of compilingit would be excessively high.Information on major clientsThere is no significant dependency on one client either within a segment or across segments. Von Roll does notgenerate more than 10 % of Group turnover with any one client.The following table shows a geographical breakdown by location of assets:Geographical information by location of assetsin CHF 1,000 2009Von Roll EMEA America Asia2008(restated) 20092008(restated) 20092008(restated) 2009 2008Net sales to third parties 549,429 710,055 364,727 443,197 101,462 158,948 83,240 107,910Assets 520,251 608,419 338,158 426,900 90,943 91,127 91,150 90,392Capital expenditures 21,224 27,046 17,240 18,757 3,236 2,562 748 5,727Number of employees 2,953 3,448 1,366 1,450 380 438 1,207 1,560Allocation of goodwillThe goodwill allocated to the Insulation segment amounts to TCHF 15,345 (2008: TCHF 15,641) and the goodwill ofthe Composites segment to TCHF 2,566 (2008: 2,482). Goodwill to the amount of TCHF 22,020 (2008: TCHF 20,744)is allocated to the Transformer segment, comprising solely of Von Roll Transformer Ltd. The Transformer segmentalso includes intangible assets with an indefinite life. Both items are described in Note 2 to Changes in the Scope ofConsolidation.