SEAT S.A.

What links Eduard Xatruch to SEAT S.A.? A shared impulse that we can sum up in one sentence: Inspiring boldness to succeed as one. 💪🏻 The renowned chef from restaurants Compartir and Disfrutar, the best in the world with three Michelin stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️, gave us his insight on the values he shares with the company, during a recent visit to the Martorell plant. This is what he told us.

Congratulations to Dr. Laura Carnicero, Vice-President of People and Organization at #SEAT and CUPRA, for being included in this year’s Forbes Top 100 Most Influential Women in Spain list. 💪🏼☺️ 🤜🏼🤛🏼 Laura Carnicero was included in this prestigious ranking of leading executives in recognition of her key role at SEAT S.A., where she is currently driving initiatives to enhance the skills and professional growth of the company’s 14,000 employees. Laura, who has a doctorate in Industrial Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), joined SEAT S.A. in 1999. After occupying a number of roles within the company, in 2015 she was named head of Training and Development at SEAT S.A and in 2021 she became Director of Personnel at SEAT S.A.  For the last two years, she has been at the helm of the company’s cultural transformation as Vice-President of People and Organization, implementing a ‘people centric’ approach based on continuous learning and a focus on encouraging diversity and inclusion in the workforce.

Our latest delivery results for the first nine months of 2024 show that this has been a year of growth at SEAT S.A.⚡️ Here are some of the headline figures:  📈 SEAT S.A.'s global deliveries achieved growth of 7.7% between January and September 2024, with 422,100 vehicles sold. 🚀 CUPRA completed the best first nine months in its history. Between January and September 2024, the brand delivered 179,100 cars, 5.3% more than in the same period in 2023. 🤟🏻 The #CUPRAFormentor remains the company’s best-selling model with 85,800 units delivered. 📊 Since its creation in 2018, CUPRA has sold more than 750,000 vehicles. 🔝 Between January and September 2024, sales of the SEAT brand grew 9.6%, to 242,900 vehicles delivered. 🙌🏻 The #SEAT brand’s best-selling model was the #SEATIbiza, with 82,300 deliveries between January-September. Driven by CUPRA's most ambitious product offensive to date and the enduring popularity of the SEAT brand, we are ready to face the challenges opportunities ahead!

Thank you 5,700 times! 🙌🏼 Every single employee and family member who participated in the #CursaBeTheImpulse made it the remarkable experience that it was. Also, a big congratulations for taking on this challenge, whether it was the 10 km or 7  km course, or even the Raval Kids Run. We spotted some lightning-fast athletes! 🚀 Those who took part helped raise 79,000 euros which will be donated to the #SumaPelRaval project of the Fundació Tot Raval, in order to support the development of children and adolescents with neurodiversity, in the Raval neighbourhood of Barcelona. Want to see what our excitement is all about? Hit play and join the run! 🏃🏻♀️🏃♂

At SEAT S.A. we believe it’s important to keep an open mind, striving for an inclusive and collaborative culture that will help us achieve common goals together with our employees. 🔀 This is why we're leading the #CrossMentoring programme, an initiative where companies come together to drive talent. Experienced mentors and rising mentees from different sectors are paired through a matching process to ensure diverse viewpoints, encourage innovation and foster a strong synergy across corporate cultures. 👀  To bring you closer to this project and better understand how it works, we have an insider’s perspective of the Cross-Mentoring sessions through David Albós and Prepe Martin Villanueva, who are both from SEAT S.A.’s Sales Department, but play different roles within the programme. David is the mentor of Gemma Carrión Aymemí, from BASF, while Prepe is mentee of Carmen Caballero, from Nestlé. Prepe was ready to take a step forward in his career and wanted to explore his potential, while David aimed to contribute his experience in the sector and his vision of team management. And they succeeded! ✅ Check the video below and find out how we’re empowering our organisational culture. 💪🏼

BACK TO SCHOOL! 🎒 60 new talented students have just started their first term today at the SEAT S.A. #ApprenticeSchool! 💪🏻 Here they will complete a three-year advanced level dual vocational training programme in fields such as: 🪛 Industrial Automation and Robotics ⚙️ Industrial Mechatronics 🔧 Mechanical Production Programming In total, almost 5,000 hours of #training, including #work experience at our facilities starting from the first year, more than 1,100 hours dedicated to 4.0 technologies, and an employment contract for training and apprenticeship. 👀 Ready for the challenge? ✨

Welcome Patrik Andreas Mayer, our new Executive Vice-President for Finance and IT at SEAT S.A. David C. Powels, who has occupied this position since 2021, will be leaving SEAT S.A. to join the Board of Management at Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand as Chief Financial Officer. Now Patrik Mayer will be responsible for continuing to lead the transformation of SEAT S.A as we enter a new era for the company 🚀.   “David’s contribution has been essential in the transformation of our company and has helped achieve our best-ever financial results” said Wayne Griffiths, CEO of SEAT and CUPRA. “His role in returning SEAT S.A. to profitability has been key to the growth of our company”. “I want to thank him for the support he has given me and SEAT S.A and I am convinced that he will continue to do a great job as he joins the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Brand”, he concluded.

We. Are. READY!  🚗 4 urban #electric cars. ⚡️ 3 different brands (CUPRA, Volkswagen & Škoda Auto). 💪🏻 1 great challenge: leading the cluster.  At SEAT S.A., we oversee the project cluster for the production and development of four different urban electric vehicles at the #Martorell and #Pamplona plants. In our pursuit of excellence and commitment to innovation, we coordinate decisions and activities across all brands and company departments, ensuring we achieve our shared strategic goals. How do we do it? 👇🏻 🌐 By maximising synergies within the cluster and keeping a comprehensive overview of the product. 📈 Through 'One for all' development, a single team taking full responsibility for all four projects. 🤝🏻 Working with suppliers in Spain, to help reduce transportation costs, CO2 emissions and time.  📢 We asked Vasileios Fafoutis, CUPRA Raval Project Manager (Produktreferent), David Batlle Merino, CUPRA Raval & Platform Chief Engineer, and Ana Bello, CUPRA Raval Project Steering, to share their insights from their different perspectives. These are the faces behind. 🙌🏻

Transformation is a key element in our journey towards the electric future! Our culture changes, processes adapt, technology advances, jobs shift and, of course, people also evolve to meet the new needs in a challenging yet passionate electric transition. ⚡️ Because #people are the driving force behind SEAT S.A.'s transformation, so who better than them to explain how they've grown into it? 🚀 📢 Marisa Dameá Sánchez, from IT Production, has recently changed departments, but that's not the only way she contributes to change. Discover her three steps into transformation. 🙌🏻

SEAT S.A. achieved its best financial results ever in the first half of the year.   📈 The company continues to advance towards sustainable profitability thanks to the consistent volume growth of the CUPRA and SEAT brands, combined with efficiency improvements. Our results show an operating profit of 406 million euros in the first 6 months of 2024, 9.4% more than the same period of the previous year. Total sales revenue grew to 7.8 billion euros, an increase of 4.6%, and operating return on sales reached 5.2%. ⚡️ CUPRA continues to push boundaries and registers the best first half year in its history by delivering 125,700 cars (+17.2%). The success of the unconventional challenger brand led it to reach an unprecedented 27,500 deliveries in June. ✅ The SEAT brand consolidated its position as an essential lever for the company and maintained its double-digit growth. Between January and June, the brand delivered 171,700 vehicles (+11.4%), with the iconic #SEATIbiza leading sales with 56,300 units delivered (+29%). 💬  Wayne Griffiths, CEO of SEAT and CUPRA: “Our dedicated work to advance our strong performance has driven us to our best-ever first-half year results, a remarkable milestone in the current context. Both #SEAT and #CUPRA brands are stronger than ever and keep increasing their deliveries. As we accelerate on our journey towards electrification, we are expanding our line up with the arrival of new models this year.”