March 2012
EURAZEO annual report calls APCOA 2011 results a success story
Paris/Stuttgart, March 16th, 2012 - Presenting its 2011 group results in Paris today*, APCOA proprietor EURAZEO called APCOA’s performance in 2011 “success story”. According to the overview given, APCOA increased its turnover to € 731 million (+4,5%) and like-for-like revenue growth reached 6,2%. Operating income (EBITDA) even grew by 19%, reaching 60,7 million EURO. Thus APCOA’s year-on-year result confirms, what the 2011 fourth-quarter results already had indicated.
These results were achieved, despite the fact that the last year proved most challenging for the further development of the company in its European submarkets. In the UK APCOA built a solid fundament for renewed growth. In northern Europe APCOA generated strong new business, strengthening its market positions considerably. Business in the BENELUX showed an overall solid performance, with the Dutch business growing nicely. In Italy, despite a difficult economic environment, APCOA business continues with profitable growth.
Business in Germany, accounting for over a third of APCOA’s entire annual turnover, contributed decisively to the Group’s good overall result. Only back in December APCOA’s market perception had been highlighted, as the proprietors of the new Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) had awarded APCOA the contract as the exclusive managers of the airports vast parking facilities (15,000 parking lots / 5 parking garages), making APCOA the European leader in airport parking.
Ralf Bender, CEO of APCOA Group: “APCOA’s figures are quite decent, indeed. Measured by the dismal market conditions of 2011, the result even deserves being called good! We find a year’s hard work vindicated. A year in which the entire team concentrated on achieving sustainable growth and strengthening our earning power. We want to build on this in 2012 when pragmatic promotion of our most important strategic aim will require all our attention: to increase the international leadership in parking management.“
APCOA currently offers jobs to 5,500 employees in 13 European countries, managing 6,700 parking locations with about 1,300.000 parking lots, and selling roughly 150 million parking permits per year. This renders APCOA the opportunity of sourcing potential innovation on a broad basis, and put it at the service of public and private business partners: for sustainable traffic concepts, for urban development and for environmentally responsible parking solutions.
* http://www.eurazeo.com/en/press-room/eurazeo-press-releases to access full EURAZEO 2011 results press release
November 2011, APCOA. The World of Parking
Firma APCOA Parking Polska poszukuje niezabudowanych nieruchomości do wydzierżawienia w centrach małych i dużych miast.
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May, 20th 2011, APCOA. The World of Parking.
Ralf Bender new CEO of Europe’s Nr. 1
Paris/Stuttgart 20 May, 2011 – APCOA, Europe’s leading parking services provider has appointed Ralf Bender (46) as its new Chief Executive Officer. Bender joined APCOA as CFO in November of 2010. He follows Friedrich Schock, who has left the company to pursue other career options. The company will appoint a new CFO in due course.
Virginie Morgon, Member of the Management Board of the French investor Eurazeo S.A. and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of APCOA: „We are convinced that Ralf is the right man to take the company to the next level.” Bender’s key task is to accelerate APCOA‘ s profitable growth. In 2010, the company generated sales of app. 700m Euro in 18 countries.
Ralf Bender wields many years of experience in the Banking sector and in the real estate and retail industry. Before joining APCOA, he spent the past four years as a CFO for a leading real estate company in the Gulf Region.
The new CEO is enthused by the task ahead: „I am thankful for the trust our proprietors are granting me. It is good to know that for the challenges ahead I can count on a top motivated management team at APCOA.”
About APCOA
APCOA is the leading European parking facility operator and, as a service provider, offers the complete parking package of services for proprietors. The APCOA group currently manages around 1.3 million parking spaces at over 6.000 locations in 18 countries.
About Eurazeo
With more than €4 billion in diversified assets, Eurazeo is one of the leading listed European investment companies. Eurazeo is a shareholder in companies such as ACCOR, APCOA, Europcar, Rexel and ANF Immobiliers.
February, 2011 APCOA. The World of Parking.
SKYPARKING.COM – Now Pre Booking Airport Parking Spaces Across Europe
Airports in Austria and Norway join portfolio
The booking platform for pre-booking airport parking spaces, www.skyparking.com, is now marketing parking spaces at airports outside of Germany. Six airports in Austria and Norway joined the booking platform in February 2011. Parking spaces at airports in Graz, Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Haugesund and Stavanger have all been added to the platform. SKYPARKING is a sales brand of the European parking operators APCOA and EUROPARK.
"The offer to airport operators of marketing airport parking spaces over a neutral platform has finally created an adversary to the so-called off-airport vendors," says Chris Pullen, managing director of the British subsidiary of APCOA.
SKYPARKING.COM increases the travel comfort for their customers. "We also want to clear up the prejudice that parking places close to the terminals are expensive," says Chris Pullen, referring to numerous special offers from airports. Furthermore, booking via the Internet even offers free parking days in the airport car parks. Eight-day trips for example, are charged as one week at many airports represented on SKYPARKING.COM. When booking with SKYPARKING, with the eighth day is free!
January, 2011 APCOA. The World of Parking.
New managing director for APCOA Autoparking
Stuttgart, January 2011 - APCOA Autoparking GmbH, Germany’s biggest parking facility operator, is entering the new year with a new managing director: Peter Schneck will be moving from Scheidt & Bachmann, the manufacturer of parking systems technology based in Mönchengladbach, to the Stuttgart parking facility manager. There he will be responsible for new business in Germany and Europe and report directly to the Chair of APCOA Parking Holdings.
After ten years as the head of the international parking specialist Scheidt & Bachmann, Peter Schneck has the know-how for the targeted expansion of his new employer. He will head the German branch as part of a dual leadership team with Volkmar Schott, who is in charge of the Operations Department and the development of central customer relations. The German APCOA Autoparking GmbH is the biggest company in the international APCOA Group.
January, 2011 APCOA. The world of parking.
APCOA takes over pre-booking at Gatwick Airport
London Gatwick, Jan. 2011 – APCOA has undertaken a five year contract to provide London Gatwick Airport with a fully managed pre-booking, yield management and call centre service. The award of this contract, which is the world’s largest airport for car park pre-booking, represents the result of APCOA’s strategic decision to extend the range of products and services it offers.
The new booking engine is a clear five-step process which is now available at www.gatwickairport.com/parking. The website allows the customer to select and book a car parking space in less than two minutes. It supports customers whose needs change by allowing amendments and cancellations up to 24 hours in advance through the easy to use on-line “Manage My Booking” function. The system is fully integrated with the existing car park equipment also operated by APCOA allowing pre-booked customers a seamless entry and exit from the car park.
Gatwick Airport was aware of the potential for APCOA’s system to grow on-line pre-bookings for parking by providing a bespoke designed and branded solution. The system is also qualified to stimulate additional and new revenues through the cross sell of other products.
“The APCOA solution can enable any airport in the world to pre-book their parking and associated commercial offerings in a cost effective and profitable way“ commented Chris Pullen, Managing Director of APCOA UK. “The successful implementation of pre-booking, pricing and reporting at London Gatwick to an extremely tight timescale shows APCOA’s ability to perform on the largest possible scale”.
