- The total number of employees stands at 234 today, a 35% more than in April 2015, when there were a total of 174 professionals.
- Moreover, the company from Jaén estimates a growth forecast of 28% for 2016.
Guarromán, Jaén (Spain), 28th April 2016. Liderkit has closed 2015 with a 20% increase in turnover compared with the previous year 2014, and it has estimated an annual growth forecast of 28% for 2016, the year in which the company celebrates its 25th anniversary. In addition, making a comparative analysis of the last five years, the company from Jaén which sells box body kits has increased its revenue more than 61% with respect to the amount reached in the year 2010.
These good results have had an effect especially on the labour force. Only in one year, the team of Liderkit has been enlarged in a 35%, making a total of 234 professionals. The most reinforced areas are the one assigned to projects for Special Units, those products with a specific use such as mobile workshops or mobile units for telecommunications, among others; and also the Panels Section and the area where the Sandwich and Plywood bodies are produced.
Exportation
In the last five years, it is also worth noting that Liderkit’s sales have raised around 61%. However, this data are even more significant in the foreign market, where the company of Guarromán continues exporting its body kits; meaning these exportations the 67% of the total turnover. Nevertheless, and according to words of Juan de la Cruz Villar, Sales and Marketing Manager of Liderkit, “although exportation is one of our key challenges, for this 2016 we expect to grow more than a 20% in the national market, the Spanish one” .
In this sense, Liderkit has just get into the Qatari market after the signature of an agreement with Qatar Automobiles Company as an exclusive distributor for its bodies and products in the peninsula of the Persian Gulf. It is one of the more than 30 countries distributed over the five continents where the products by the Andalusian company reach. Besides, as an interesting fact, Liderkit also exports to the exotic Reunion Island, located in the middle of the Indian Ocean, to the East of Madagascar.
To consolidate its internationalization strategy, Liderkit is going to take part with its own stand, as usual, in the next International Exhibition for Commercial Vehicles IAA (International Automobil-Ausstellung) in Hannover, organized in September; a prestigious meeting celebrated every two years, which gathers the latest trends and technology in the global scene.