As part of our restructuring programme, we centralised the organisational implementation of shared services functions with inter-Group responsibilities in the financial year in a transfer of ownership within Demag Cranes AG as at 1 October 2009. This related to Financial Controlling, Finances and Accounting, Group Accounting, IT, Strategic Purchasing, Human Resources, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Communication & Marketing and Language Services. As a result, we are now able to combine responsibilities, avoid duplication, reduce the number of interfaces and accelerate processes Group-wide.

The in-house production of the Demag Cranes Group is focused on high value-added components. In less industrialised regions, we therefore outsource the production of low value-added components to strategic partners, which increases our flexibility and capacity and allows us to reduce our own investment requirements.