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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 enters into a new finance agreement for 150 million USD

04/07/2018

Agreed with IFC and EDC and with the objective of financing part of its important growth in Mexico

 

Bilbao, July 5, 2018 –– CIE Automotive has informed today that a finance agreement has been signed with International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) and EDC (Export Development of Canada) for an amount of 150 million US dollars.
This financing, which forms part of the structural CIE Automotive financing, consists of a loan with a maturity of 10 years and with other competitive conditions. The purpose of the loan is to finance the sustainable growth of the CIE Automotive Group in Mexico during the forthcoming years.
According to Jesús Maria Herrera, CEO: “Such growth in Mexico will imply a forecast of 1.000 new employments in the country. It will also enhance significant improvements in key indicators in the automotive sector, such as energy efficiency and the development of a competitive local supplier base”.
In addition to the above, this financing becomes the starting point of a long term cooperation with multilateral financing entities in emerging markets, such as International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) and EDC (Export Development of Canada)

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