数字制造服务提供商protolabs(PRLB) has recovered from a COVID-hit start to Q1 2022 to achieve 7% revenue growth for the period.
During Q1 2022, Protolabs brought in $124.2 million, $8.1 million more than the $116.1 million it generated in Q1 2021, and a $10.7 million rise on the $113.5 million it reported in the pre-pandemic Q1 2019. On the firm’s earnings call, its CEO Rob Bodor explained how this growth was primarily driven by its 3D Printing and CNC Machining services, which saw “increased [order] volumes from key customers.”
博士说：“我很高兴地报告，我们的结果比预期略有提高。”“当我在第四季度通话中进行沟通时，一月份的需求受到了影响，因为Omicron变体将我们季节性需求的增长推迟了几周。从2月开始，我们的需求加强了，我们强劲完成了该季度。”
protolabs’ Q1 2022 financials
ProtolAbs在四个部门中报告了其收入：注射成型，CNC加工，3D打印和钣金。在第1季度2022年，注射成型可能仍然是该公司最高的收入发电机，带来了5340万美元，但该部门的收益下降了3.7％，在2021年第1季度吸引的5640万美元。
Bodor explained on Protolabs’ earnings call that this drop-off was due to the fact it had fulfilled “large COVID-related orders” in Q1 2021, and though he admitted that its Injection Molding division had “underperformed” against expectations, he said it continues to “actively work to increase volume” across related services.
Likewise, the company’s Sheet Metal revenue also fell 9.6% over the same period, declining from $5.2 million to $4.7 million, a figure still 6% short of pre-COVID levels, but after a slow start to 2022, Bodor added that the segment is recovering “nicely.”
On the flipside, the fastest growing area of Protolabs’ business in Q1 2022 was CNC Machining, which brought in $46.1 million, 25.6% more than the $36.7 million it generated in Q1 2021. On the firm’s earnings call, Bodor said the addition of longer lead time CNC services courtesy of its$280 million Hubs acquisition，为这一崛起做出了贡献。话虽如此，该细分市场也在有机基础上增长了18.6％。
Similarly, the company’s 3D Printing arm achieved significant growth of 14.5% in Q1 2022, something Bodor said is being driven by demand for both its metal and polymer offerings, although he did admit that the “plastics side of its business is still larger,” thus suggesting that the latter drove any advances made in this area.
| 收入（$） | Q1 2021 | Q1 2022 | 不同之处 （％） | 2019年第1季度（前载） | Q1 2022 | 不同之处 （％） |
| 注入成型 | 56.4m | 5340万 | -3.7 | 553m | 5340万 | -3.4 |
| CNC加工 | 36.7m | 46.1m | +25.6 | 379m | 46.1m | +21.6 |
| 3D打印 | 17.2m | 19.7m | +14.5 | 14.5m | 19.7m | +35.9 |
| 钣金 | 5.2m | 4.7m | -9.6 | 5m | 4.7m | -6 |
| 总收入 | 116.1m | 124.2m | +7 | 113.5m | 124.2m | +9.4 |
针对“整齐”的服务
在过去的一年中，Protolabs大力投资了全球合作伙伴的组合，以确保其服务在尽可能多的市场中具有竞争力。这项扩展在第1季度获得了奖励，该公司为23,492个独特的产品开发人员提供服务，比第1季度2021年管理的3.9％，这一统计数据反映了其“质量超出数量”方法，以选择满足客户需求的合作伙伴。
“Our strategy is not necessarily to have the biggest network, but rather have a very well-groomed premium network of manufacturers that are highly-qualified, and we can send material business to,” explained Bodor. “We believe that this helps us to ensure very high quality and high reliability, and because we understand our network partners well, we can really tailor the jobs that we send them.”
During Q1 2022, this strategy proved particularly effective in attracting industrial and commercial machinery customers, as well as those operating in aerospace, with business from each of these client bases growing year-over-year.
在区域上，这种增长在欧洲最为普遍，该公司在同一时期产生了2140万美元，在同一时期增长了14.6％。According to Bodor, Protolabs managed to achieve this despite Russia’s war on Ukraine, due to the fact that none of its customers or suppliers are based in either country, and while its Japanese and US divisions also grew, this was by 12.7% and 4.9% respectively.
在困难的气候下预测增长
随着Protolabs进入第二季度2022年，Bodor说，它的后勤和原材料成本充气，但它不再遇到今年早些时候的短缺。该公司还在不断地致力于抵消市场引起的支出的增加方法，考虑到这一点，它仍然有信心在下一个季度产生1.23亿美元至1.31亿美元的收入，占增长7％。
Although the introduction of Protolabs 2.0 delayed the company’s full integration of Hubs in 2021, it expects to launch its combined CNC Machining offering later this year, and Bodor wrapped up Protolabs’ earnings call by anticipating that joining with Hubs ‘profitably’ will enable it to “reinforce its sustainable, long-term competitive market advantage.”
Bodor总结说：“当我们在地平线上时，我们将第二次革新制造业的悬崖，并具有更广泛的产品和统一的数字体验，这将我们的数字线程与数字网络结合在一起。”“随着不断增长的一组公司采用制造业4.0，Protolabs将继续引领前进。”
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