Annual Report 2025

Annual Report 2025

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23. Other operating expenses, net

Other operating expenses, net

 

 

2025

 

2024

 

 

MCHF

 

MCHF

Outbound freight cost and duties

 

108.8

 

106.1

Energy/maintenance/supplies

 

143.6

 

140.1

Marketing expenses

 

87.7

 

90.8

Administration expenses

 

84.7

 

80.1

Other operating expenses

 

153.4

 

150.7

Other operating income

 

-13.6

 

-18.0

Total other operating expenses, net

 

564.6

 

549.8

“Other operating expenses” includes, among other items, commissions, expenses for short-term leases and leases for low-value assets, consulting expenses as well as warranty costs. In 2025, expenses for short-term leases amounted to MCHF 3.7 (PY: MCHF 3.9) and expenses for leased low-value assets totalled MCHF 0.9 (PY: MCHF 0.8). “Other operating income” includes, among other items, insurance benefits received, rental income, gains from sales of fixed assets and subsidiaries and catering revenues.

In 2025, costs of MCHF 20.6 (PY: MCHF 16.8) were capitalised as property, plant and equipment or intangible assets. This includes tools, moulds and assembly lines that are part of the production process, as well as capitalised product development costs. The amount was deducted pro-rata from the positions “Personnel expenses” and “Other operating expenses, net”.