Akwel The automotive equipment manufacturer reported mixed results for 2025. While revenue declined, cost control measures led to an improvement in the current operating margin. However, 2026 is shaping up to be a more challenging year.
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Société de la Tour Eiffel SMABTP, already the ultra-majority shareholder, is aiming to delist the real estate investment trust (REIT) with a significant premium over recent share prices.
AKWEL specializes in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of automotive equipment. The group's activity is organized around 5 families of product:
- door opening and hinging mechanisms: door stops and hinges, locks, opening controls, foot switches, etc.;
- fuel systems;
- motor parts: air distributors, filtration and cooling systems, fuel injection ramps, etc.;
- windshield washing electrical components and complete systems (Mecatronic);
- closure systems. The group also develops an aftermarket activity.
At the end 2025, the group had 34 production sites worldwide.
Net sales (including intragroup) are distributed geographically as follows: Europe/Middle East/Africa (65%), America (32.1%) and Asia (2.9%).
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