The largest companies by revenue in the group are the electronic component manufacturing unit and the engineering unit, which also generate the highest added value. Continental Automotive Romania, which makes systems for such cars as Porsche Panamera, Bentley Bentayga and BMW Series 7 even, posted RON4.36 million revenue in 2018, 6% higher than in 2017.
Continental Automotive Systems in Sibiu posted the second highest revenue, almost 4.3 billion in 2018, up 14% over 2017. It is also the most profitable company of the group, with RON852 million profit, 14 times the 2017 level. The profit was higher than even Dacia’s RON752 million.
Dacia’s profit margin in 2018 was 3%, while Continental Automotive systems had almost 20% profit margin. Second top performer in the group by profit margin is Continental Automotive Products, the tire maker in Timisoara, 19%. ContiTech Fluid Automotive posted the lowest profit margin, 3%.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)