WAE
Senior Member
Christian Schenk
1 uToday, we had our annual press conference about 2021 and an outlook on the current year. All in all, we achieved in the second year of Covid a solid Operating Profit of 1.083 bn EUR (RoS 6.1%), an improvement of 43% compared to 2020. Depite 13% less vehicles due to the lack of parts we improved the revenues by 4%. Thanks to all Skodians and partners for this achievement! In more detail: after a very successful first half we suffered from the lack of parts (especially semiconductors) in the second half of the year. Despite the success of our vehicles and high customer demand (especially for our first electronic Enyaq iV) we had to stop production for several weeks. But, what strikes me after 6 months with ŠKODA was the great teamwork from the board level down and a lot of simply clever ideas to face the numerous challenges in these demanding times. This spirit we will need in 2022, too. With the war in Ukraine another disastrous humanitarian und economic crisis strikes us. Difficult to predict the future. But with our team culture, the robustness of our business model, our gained experience in times of crises and our NEXT LEVEL ŠKODA - STRATEGY 2030 as our guiding star we will continue to shape our transformation to a more sustainable and digital company and steer through the crisis. Today, we also launched our NEXT LEVEL EFFICIENCY PROGRAM PLUS with which we will continue to increase the robustness of our company significantly. But, we also invest wisely in our future: As a first glimpse to see the future of the brand we showed today the attached photo of our new product design language called „modern solid“. Every crisis is a starting point for something new! And we have huge plans to bring ŠKODA to the next level with ambition and pride. Watch out for more… #annualpressconference #teamwork #Skoda #modernsolid