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CIE Automotive challenges the sector with a record profit of 326 million euros in 2024

27/02/2025

Increases sales and results with a high level of cash generation that brings debt to historic lows

Bilbao, 27.2.2025 – CIE Automotive has presented today the results for the 2024 financial year, challenging with significant growth an Automotive industry weakened by uncertainties.

Sales have exceeded 3.96 billion euros, which represents a growth of 1.1%, outperforming by more than 2 basic points the decrease in global vehicle production.

In terms of operating margins, an EBITDA – gross operating profit – of 728 million has been reached, and an EBIT – net operating profit – of 538 million euros, which represents margins of 18.4% and 13.6% respectively, significantly higher than the average margins of the sector.

All of the above results in a record net profit of 326 million which, on a comparable perimeter, represents a growth of almost 5% compared to 2023.

According to Jesús María Herrera, CEO of CIE Automotive, “We continue growing above the market, improving our results, and above all, we continue with an extremely high cash generation that has brought our leverage to historic lows, which, in the current sectoral context, highlights the value of our management model and our positioning as a reference supplier in the global Automotive industry”.

And he adds: “For all these reasons and due to our expectations for the current year, we are in a position to reconfirm that the commitments of the 2025 Strategic Plan will be fulfilled.”

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CIE Automotive acquires the remaining 35% of Century Plastics LLC which has been, up to date, under the ownership of the founder shareholders of the company

16/05/2016

CIE Automotive, S.A. informs that the Company has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of the remaining 35% of the company Century Plastics LLC. Such 35% has been, up to date, under the ownership of the founder shareholders of Century Plastics LLC.

 

The transaction entails the exercise of the put option by the founding shareholders of Century Plastics LLC for such 35% and implies a payment of USD 68.8 million (EUR 60.8 million) and has been paid in cash.

 

Century Plastics LLC has closed financial year 2015 with a turnover of USD 164 million (EUR 148 million), which entails an increase by 120% since the acquisition of such Company by CIE Automotive in 2012.


Century Plastics LLC is a company located in Detroit (Michigan), one of the centres of the automotive business in the United States and has as its main purpose the manufacturing of automotive parts through the plastic injection technology.

 

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