Debica: Export Leader in Podkarpacie!

26.06.2014

Debica: Export Leader in Podkarpacie!

<i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">“Golden 100 of Podkarpacie” for Tire Company Debica S.A. </span></i>

Another year in a row, Tire Company Debica S.A. took the pole position in the list of the Largest Companies in Podkarpacie. In the annual “Golden 100” ranking the tire manufacturer from Debica was also distinguished in the following categories: net profit, share of exports in sales, employment and the highest market capitalization.

Tire Company Debica S.A. was ranked fourth in the general category of net revenues on sales among “100 Largest Companies in Podkarpacie”. The company from Debica was recognized in five of the seven categories of the ranking, the so-called “Golden 10” of the best companies in the region. For the thirteenth time in a row the company held the title of the Leader of Exports. It came second in the category of highest market capitalization and employment, fourth for net profit and sixth for the share of exports in sales. “The ‘Leader of Export’ title and high positions in other five categories prove the strong position of Tire Company Debica S.A. both as a manufacturer of advanced tires and the key employer in Podkarpacie. The company is one of the largest tire manufacturers for such brands as Goodyear, Dunlop and Fulda for the Goodyear concern and our products can be found on wheels all around the world. In turn, the Debica tires – a Polish brand – with their very good quality and a competitive price are the most frequent pick for Polish drivers”, said Stanisław Cieszkowski, President of the Management Board of Tire Company Debica S.A. The “Golden 100 of Podkarpacie” ranking, i.e. the list of the leading companies in the region, as well as the “Golden 10” has been drawn for thirteen years now by the School of Management in Rzeszów, for eight years in cooperation with the Gazeta Codzienna Nowiny daily. The high rank in the “Golden 100 of Podkarpacie” is another one among awards and accolades that the company has been recently awarded. In 2014, Tire Company Debica S.A., along with other companies from the Goodyear Polska Group, received the Top Employers certificate, awarded annually by the international Top Employers Institute to companies with the best HR policy. Furthermore, according to the “Lista 500” ranking by the Rzeczpospolita daily Tire Company Debica S.A., with the export volume of more than 88 per cent of total value of sales in 2013, is one of the largest Polish exporters. Over the last 4 years, the company also rose by 50 positions in the general ranking of the largest Polish enterprises: from the 213^th position in 2009 to 163^rd in 2013. In 2013, the Debica brand came fifth among the most popular brands in Poland and 14^th among the strongest non-food brands; it came first among tire manufacturers in Poland in the “Tenth Ranking of Polish Brands” by Rzeczpospolita. In addition, last year Tire Company Debica S.A. took the 54^th place in the Forbes’ ranking of top 100 fastest growing listed companies. The Company received an overall evaluation of 5.14, thus surpassing such well-known companies such as PZU, KGHM, Pekao, or InterCars. The company also received the consumers’ award. Debica tires scored the highest number of indications in the national survey of consumer attitudes and preferences “Dobry Produkt 2012”. The survey was carried out by “Forum Biznesu”, an insert to the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily. In 2013 the Company took the 46^th position among the 400 largest companies in Poland, which were selected for the ranking of industrial companies prepared jointly by business information company Bisnode D&B Polska and the Gazeta Finansowa weekly. The basic criterion in the ranking was corporate income achieved in 2012.

Tire Company Debica S.A. is the leader on the Polish market of passenger and commercial tires. Since 1995, the Company’s strategic investor has been the American concern The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. The Company manufactures such tire brands as: Debica, Goodyear, Dunlop, Fulda and Sava, selling its products in Poland and to 60 countries on six continents, including the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the U.S. and Brazil.