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Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Company formation, Business Plans, grade: 2.0, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, language: English, abstract: Initial situation: When my fellow board members and I took over Copyfix AG on Jan. 1, 2000, the company reported sales of €129 million with its Copy 1 black-and-white copier. The company, consisting of 1204 employees, achieved an operating profit of € 10.36 million and a net profit after tax of € 4.60 million. Equity of €32.6 million was offset by liabilities of €13.6 million. Cash flow amounted to € 13.6 million.Copyfix AG generated similar results and market shares as its 4 competitors.In the following, the economic periods 1 to 3 are briefly summarized and the periods 4 to 6 are explained with their targets, measures and results. An outlook is given on what needs to be done in periods 7 to 9 in order to continue Copyfix AG successfully. Subsequently, the development of the shareholder earnings and the enterprise value is briefly presented. A conclusion rounds off the group report.