Introduction

2020 has not quite been the year any of us expected. The global pandemic has had - and in fact continues to have - far reaching effects on every part of our lives.

As we go to print with this edition of the KAESER report, stage 4 restrictions remain in place for metropolitan Melbourne. With our head office in Dandenong - like the majority of other businesses based in the metro area - this has massively impacted how we do business. Nevertheless, with many staff working remotely and a skeleton staff in our warehouse, our head office is still operating to support essential business in Victoria and support our customers nationally and in New Zealand.

Just a reminder for our Victorian customers requiring service support throughout stage 4 restrictions, that we do remain available. Just phone 1800 853 133.

We also encourage you to follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter for our COVID-19 related updates. Alternatively, we have a dedicated COVID-19 updates page on our website that you can access from the homepage. Just visit au.kaeser.com

Locally, the pandemic has led us to develop a number of initiatives - which include Contactless Service - to ensure that compressed air users can continue to operate reliable and efficient compressed air systems. You can learn more about these new initiatives on page 15.

In this edition of the KAESER report we also share some case studies with you, that not only show the diversity of compressed air uses, but how in each case we are assisting our customers in reliably and efficiently meeting their compressed air requirements. Turn to page 4 to start reading them.

Looking ahead, once restrictions begin to ease in Melbourne we anticipate work will finally be able to commence on the construction of a brand new factory at our Australian head office. This project should have started earlier this year but it has unfortunately been delayed due to COVID-19.

Peter Eckberg, Managing Director

The new factory will double the size of the existing facility - increasing the warehousing, workshop and office capacity. While COVID-19 may have slowed down proceedings it has not stopped the company’s reinvestment plans. KAESER Compressors has always reinvested heavily into the business. The current pandemic has not halted those efforts. When we finally come out the other end, we will be in an even stronger position to continue to support our customers.