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September 16, 2025 | LPKFEstimated reading time: 1 minute
LPKF Laser & Electronics SE has launched the "North Star" initiative, a far-reaching package of measures designed to strengthen the company's long-term profitability. The objective is to increase the EBIT margin to double digits and secure competitiveness in a challenging market environment.
In recent years, LPKF has faced a challenging market environment with rising costs and stagnating sales. It was also necessary to adjust the annual forecast for the current fiscal year. Already in 2024, LPKF implemented a cost-cutting program that contributed significantly to improving profitability in 2025. In order to achieve long-term and sustainable success, LPKF decided on the next far-reaching step this August: "North Star" is a comprehensive program for sustainably increasing profitability that strategically goes beyond conventional cost-cutting measures and aims to ensure the company's future success.
"The volatility of our business environment has increased rapidly. To make LPKF more resilient to market volatility and sales fluctuations, we will optimize both our organizational structure and our process landscape in a systematic way and make them future-proof. With an open corporate culture in which every idea counts, we can together create better solutions which can be implemented more quickly. This will enable us to increase our competitiveness and set the course for sustainable, profitable growth with the “North Star” initiative," says Peter Muemmler, Chief Financial Officer of LPKF SE.
The "North Star" initiative comprises five key areas of action: operations, research & development, sales, administration & infrastructure, and service. The LPKF leadership team is responsible for managing the individual areas of action; in addition, the teams are supported by a specialized consulting firm from Hanover.
LPKF continues to pursue a dual strategy: the company will drive organic growth in its core business while tapping into new, larger markets with the help of innovative technologies such as LIDE (Laser Induced Deep Etching). This targeted expansion of its business areas allows LPKF to increase the scalability of its business model, thereby creating conditions for long-term success and growth in a dynamic market environment.
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