Hella Full-Year Report 2022
Strong sales growth
Group Sales up by 25.1% (including 4.2% FX effect)
Continuous outperformance (11.1% globally), mainly in Asia (China) and NSA with high-volume ramp-ups
High demand for core products and technologies
- Electronics growing 29.0% to €1,732m*
- Lighting growing 28.1% to €2,103m*
- Life Cycle Solutions growing 5.7% to €569m*
Improvement of margin and cash generation
Adjusted EBIT +29.0% at €222m, adj. EBIT margin at 5.0% (vs. 4.9% in 7M FY 21/22)
- improved inflation management
- continuous cost savings and increased efficiency
Significant success on synergy achievements with increased targets for 2025 and higher realization of cost synergies in 2022
Strong cash generation year-end, adj. operating FCF + €318m to €83m. Reported operating FCF incl. factoring (€194m) at €246m