Confronted with “dislikes” of her position President of the CEV Alicante employers association Joaquín Pérez of Elche has more than enough reason to be satisfied with the progress of his private affairs – especially because of his confrontation with Uepal. And in particular, last year with Grupo Soledad, the family business of which he headed getting back the bill it lost with the pandemic and set a new revenue record.
Dedicated holding tire world It scored in 2021—which includes companies specializing in the manufacture, marketing, and recycling of this product, in addition to several chains of mechanical workshops. 353.4 turnover According to balances deposited in the Commercial Register, it grew by around 24% to reach million euros. An evolution defined by the firm’s own executives “V recovery” and this exceeds 2019’s 336m euros, the maximum the company has recorded so far.
It is a development that is undoubtedly affected by the increase in Workload who recorded workshops More investment in post-pandemic repairs or vehicle maintenance, given delays in the delivery of new cars wheel replacement. In fact, according to the Europool association, global tire sales in Spain also exceeded those in 2019.
The company from Elche was able to take advantage of this market growth and at the same time continued the measures it adopted. balance your finances and reduce your costs. It also strengthened investments to increase the efficiency of logistics by opening new centers and improving its technical capacity.
a combination that causes an increase Benefits up to the total 13.7 million €compared to the 5.3 million the same balances reflect for fiscal year 2020, after a reorganization of accounts by its managers for that year.
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By geographical division Grupo Soledad, 85% of their business is on national soil, achieved a turnover of 302 million euros, compared to 239.9 in the previous year. For its part, it recorded a small drop in revenue from other European countries – the company mainly France and Portugal– 37.6 million compared to 38.4 a year ago; More than doubled its turnover in non-EU markets to 13.2 million. main market outside the EU, MoroccoVia Confort Pneu Maroc, which has two hubs in Tangier and Casablanca.
The firm expects these 2022 sales figures continued to increasewith growth in all business lines and improvement in services provided.
Soledad Group, main tire distributor in Spain, with the total 18 logistics centers Distributed throughout the country, a total of more than 100,000 square meters. In addition, the company is the owner of mechanical workshop chains. comfortable car -has 750 workplaces between itself and its partners in Spain and Portugal-; Ecological Drive (95 centers); black tire (800 workshops) and Fixcar (224).
We also have a company in the industry division. Insa Turbo, dedicated to the production of reconditioned tires in addition to other companies responsible for producing rubber compounds for wheel production; another that produces supports and joints for substructures and tiles or posts made of this material; and another company responsible for the production of rubber granules from shredded tires. He also has his own travel agency, insurance brokerage, and even a technology company specializing in business consulting and process optimization.