SEAT is the only company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets cars in Spain. A member of the Volkswagen Group, the multinational has its headquarters in Martorell (Barcelona), exporting 81% of its vehicles, and is present in over 80 countries through a network of 1,700 dealerships. In 2016, SEAT obtained an operating profit of 143 million euros, the highest in the history of the brand, and achieved worldwide sales of nearly 410,000 vehicles.
SEAT Group employs more than 14,500 professionals at its three production centres – Barcelona, El Prat de Llobregat and Martorell, where it manufactures the highly successful Ibiza, Leon and Arona. Additionally, the company produces the Ateca and the Toledo in the Czech Republic, the Alhambra in Portugal and the Mii in Slovakia.
The multinational has a Technical Centre, which operates as a knowledge hub that brings together 1,000 engineers who are focussed on developing innovation for Spain’s largest industrial investor in R&D. SEAT already features the latest connectivity technology in its vehicle range and is currently engaged in the company’s global digitalisation process to promote the mobility of the future.
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Juliet Carrington, Head of Press and Public Relations
01908 548 077; 07795 166 422; juliet.carrington@seatcars.co.uk
Gemma Briggs, Product Affairs Manager
01908 548 069; 07827 990379 gemma.briggs@seatcars.co.uk
Holly Williams, Media Relations Manager (Wednesday to Friday)
01908 548 078; 07738 897319 holly.williams@seatcars.co.uk; pressevents@seatcars.co.uk
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01908 548 078; 07881 227 608 laura.margott@seatcars.co.uk; pressevents@seatcars.co.uk
Katie Mardle, Press Fleet Manager
01908 548 364; 07983 537 247; katie.mardle@seatcars.co.uk
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