With sales of around 5.8 billion Euros, HELLA is one of the world’s top 40 automotive suppliers and ranks among the 100 largest German industrial companies. A central part of our strategy is gaining a global presence in significant growth markets. In fiscal year 2019/2020 we generated 54 percent of our consolidated sales in Europe, 27 percent in Asia/Pacific and 19 percent in North and South America. Around the globe, HELLA has approximately 36,000 employees, more than 7,000 of whom work in R&D. Not standing still in development, working out ideas and taking them into serial production is what drives us, every day.
FY 2019/20 |
FY 2018/19 |
Change |
|
Currency and portfolio-adjusted sales (in € million) |
5,800 | 6,770 | -14 % |
Reported sales (in € million) | 5,829 |
6,990 |
-17 % |
Adjusted EBIT (in € million) | 233 |
572 |
-59 % |
Adjusted EBIT margin (in percent) | 4.0 |
8.4 |
-4.4 percentage points |
R&D expenditure (in € million) | 620 |
611 |
+2 % |
Number of employees | 36,311 |
38,845 |
-7 % |