About Grupa Kęty

Grupa KĘTY S.A. (hereinafter referred to as the Company or the Issuer) is a parent of the Capital Group of Grupa KĘTY S.A. (hereinafter referred to as the Capital Group), composed of three business segments operating in the following areas:

Diversification of activities in the three areas of various natures and customer groups reduces the market risk resulting from economic volatility in the particular industries, and improves the stability of the Capital Group financial performance.

The Capital Group of Grupa KĘTY S.A. is an international concern with approximately 5,500 employees and 14 foreign companies, selling products to over 4,500 customers on over 60 markets. In 2023, more than half of the PLN 5.2 billion Capital Group’s sales revenue was invested outside Poland, specifically on the European market, where 47% of sales are generated, including 40% in the European Union member states, such as Germany, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Outside Europe sales are generated in the United States, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, among others.

The Capital Group has 12 production plants, out of which four belong to the EPS and are located in Kęty, Tychy, Borodianka (Ukraine) and Slovenska Bistrica (Slovenia), five belong to the ASS and are located in Bielsko-Biała, Złotów, Opole, Goleszów and Ogrodzona, and three belong to the FPS and are located in Kęty, Tychy and Oświęcim. The Capital Group has its in-house Research and Development Centre based in Kęty, within the Extruded Products Segment, as well as the Research and Innovation Centre in Ogrodzona, within the Aluminium Systems Segment.

Year 2023 was special to the Capital Group owing to the 70th anniversary of Grupa KĘTY.  On that occasion, the Company celebrations were combined with community engagement activities.

‘70 local projects for 70 years of Grupa KĘTY’ was the motto of the 9th edition of the ‘Together with the Group’ programme. The voluntary engagement of the staff and the financial means provided by Grupa KĘTY S.A. translated into 70 various-area projects promoting education through sports, supporting education, or contributing to the development of interests and passions among children and youths, and many others. Detailed information and summary of the programme are provided in the report on the 9th edition of the ‘Together with the Group’ programme available on the corporate website.

Another jubilee project carried out in the years 2021-2022 was the initiative of ‘70 thousand trees for 70 years of Grupa KĘTY’. Together with our employees and the children under the care of the ‘Grupa Kęty for the Children of the Podbeskidzie Region’ Foundation, the Arka Ecological Foundation, and the local Forestry Departments, we planted 70 thousand tree seedlings, which complies with our mission ‘For the future…’.

This exceptional year was also full of other major events for the Capital Group related to its operations, finance and corporate affairs. Among them was the appointment of a new member of the Management Board of Grupa KĘTY S.A., Mr Roman Przybylski, changes in the shareholding structure of the Issuer owing to the consolidation on the market of universal pension funds, entry of the shares of Grupa KĘTY S.A. into the MSCI Poland (Small Cap) index, payout of historically record-high dividend by the Company, as well as performance of strategic projects, including those in the green energy area.

The companies of the Capital Group were awarded a series of prizes and honourable titles. Grupa KĘTY S.A. won the 3rd place in the ‘Investor Relations’ category of the 24th edition of the oldest capital market ranking of the Best Listed Companies. It was also awarded the title of the ‘Hero of the Capital Market’ in the category of dividend-paying WIG20 and mWIG40 companies. Aluprof S.A. was honoured with the title of ‘The Building Company of the Year’, while its CEO and member of the Management Board of Grupa KĘTY S.A. Mr Tomasz Grela obtained the title of the ‘Personality of the Sector’.