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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 Italian company Somaschini

24/09/2019

The integrated business is specialized in the manufacture of gears and has plants in Italy and the USA.

 

Bilbao, 25.9.2019 – CIE Automotive has announced today the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Somaschini S.p.A. (hereinafter, "Somaschini").

The value of the transaction (enterprise value) amounts to 79.6 million Euros, equivalent to less than 5 times the EBITDA of the current year, and will be adjusted upon the closing date based on its indebtedness, as usual in this type of transactions. The price of the transaction will be paid by CIE Automotive in cash upon the closing date and will be financed through currently available cash.

With nearly 300 employees and estimated 2019 sales of approximately 70 million Euros, Somaschini has three production plants, two in Bergamo (Italy) and another one in Indiana (USA). The company is specialized in the manufacture of gears, whose applications include sectors such as transportation and automotive, as well as industry or robotics.

According to Jesús María Herrera, CEO of CIE Automotive, “The integration of Somaschini with our Italian Metalcastello plant and our Indian gears division means the creation of a world top player of gears with presence in the three big markets –
Europe, North America, Asia – and in several segments – automotive, industrial vehicle, agricultural, off road –, which is currently a huge competitive advantage to offer global supply to our customers."

The closing of the transaction is subject to the fulfillment of the usual conditions in this type of transactions and will take place in 2020.

Somaschini SpA and the sellers has been advised by Credit Suisse AG (financial advisor) and Chiomenti (legal advisor).

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