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A steady growth in 2015

A steady growth in 2015

ALD International reports steady growth for 2015

Steady growth

Last year, ALD Automotive achieved a growth of 9 %, with a fleet of 1,206,837 vehicles at the end of 2015, thus reasserting its leading position on the European leasing and fleet management market.

The partnership activity supported the growth in 2015 with through new deals between with car manufacturers and banking networks in 2015, which now represent 19 % of the total ALD Automotive fleet.

For ALD Automotive, the year 2015 also means 214,000 sold vehicles – half of the transactions having been performed via its remarketing platform, ALD carmarket – 1.2 M purchased tyres, 620 M litres of fuel and 4.8 M days of short-term leases.

Intensified international growth

ALD Automotive reasserts its leading position in Europe with significant progression not only in mature countries (France, Great Britain, Italy), but also in Poland, Turkey, Slovakia and Lithuania.

At the end of  2015, the company announced  the  acquisition  of  MKB  Autoleasing  in  Hungary and

Bulgaria, thus strengthening its positioning in these countries: ALD Automotive became a major

player on the Hungarian automotive fleet management market and reasserted its leading position in Bulgaria.

Furthermore, ALD Automotive continues to develop business on new continents.

China's fleet is significantly increasing.

ALD Automotive strengthens its position in Latin America by opening a subsidiary in Chile in early 2015.

The company also closes a deal with Compania General de Electricidad early 2016, thus winning the most important bid in Chile (950 leased vehicles).

With this new deal and the recent opening of a subsidiary in Peru, ALD Automotive is strengthening its business growth on the automotive leasing market in the Latin American zone.

To support its growth, ALD Automotive relies on strong partnerships with partners in the USA, Canada, Puerto Rico (Wheels Inc), Australia & New Zealand (Fleet partners), South Africa (Absa) and Ireland (Johnson & Perrot), thus granting its customers a direct presence in 48 countries.

​Societe Generale

Societe Generale is one of the largest European financial services groups. Based on a diversified universal banking model, the Group combines financial solidity with a strategy of sustainable growth, and aims to be the reference for relationship banking, recognised on its markets, close to clients, chosen for the quality and commitment of its teams.

Societe Generale  has been playing a vital role in the economy for 150 years. With more than 148,000 employees, based in 76 countries, we accompany 32 million clients throughout the world on a daily basis. Societe Generale's teams offer advice and services to individual, corporate and institutional customers in three core businesses:

  • Retail banking in France with the Societe Generale branch network, Credit du Nord and Boursorama, offering a comprehensive range of multichannel financial services at the leading edge of digital innovation;
  • International retail banking, financial services and insurance with a presence in emerging economies and leading specialised businesses;
  • Corporate and investment banking, private banking, asset management and securities services, with recognised expertise, top international rankings and integrated solutions.

Societe Generale is included in the main socially responsible investment indices: FTSE4Good (Global and Europe), Euronext Vigeo (Global, Europe, Eurozone and France), ESI Excellence (Europe) from Ethibel and 4 of the STOXX ESG Leaders indices.

For more information, you can follow @societegenerale on Twitter or visit www.societegenerale.com.

ALD Automotive

ALD Automotive is the operational leasing and fleet management business line of Societe Generale Group. ALD Automotive is one of the largest providers in Europe and a company of reference on its market:

  • Operates directly in 41 countries,
  • Employs 5,000 persons,
  • Manages 1,200,000 vehicles (at December, 31st, 2015).

Combining professionalism and quality of services provides companies with value-added integrated solutions at both national and international levels.

For more information, you can follow LinkedIn or visit www.aldautomotive.com.

 

Notes to editors
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ALD Automotive UK Marketing   |   ukmarketing@aldautomotive.com
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