Nissens Automotive A/S Due Diligence

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Denmark · owned by Standard Motor Products Inc. (United States) · nissens.com · 14 vendors

Nissens Automotive A/S is a market-leading European manufacturer of thermal and engine efficiency system components for the automotive aftermarket, including engine cooling, climate comfort, and efficiency & emissions systems. With over a century of experience, the company designs, produces, and distributes high-quality spare parts globally through 22 sales and distribution centers. It operates three brands — Nissens Automotive, AVA Cooling, and Highway Automotive — and is headquartered in Horsens, Denmark.

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Last updated 2026-10-21 · revision 2

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Compliance

11 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.

ELV Directive — No public evidence

The End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive applies to vehicle and component manufacturers, placing responsibility on them for the collection and recycling of vehicles. Nissens, as a component manufacturer, is part of this value chain.

CSRD (source) — Evidence found

As a large company operating within the EU, Nissens Automotive A/S falls under the scope of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.

GDPR (source) — Evidence found

Nissens Automotive A/S is established in Denmark, an EU member state, and its website's Terms of Use explicitly state it processes personal data in accordance with the GDPR.

Evidence: https://nissens.com/esg, https://nissens.com/disclaimer, https://nissens.com/press, https://api.lassox.com/data/cvr/report?id=17574683/amNsb3VkczovLzAzLzM3L2RlLzQ2L2Q5L2UzNjUtNGVjOS1iYzgyLTE2NDg3Mjk5MGM5Ng.pdf

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Financial Resilience Score: 8/10

Nissens Automotive A/S demonstrates strong financial resilience, underpinned by its November 2024 acquisition by Standard Motor Products (NYSE: SMP), a global parent with ~$1.6B revenue, 19 manufacturing facilities across 11 countries, and approximately 6,800 employees. This provides access to capital, procurement scale and global distribution reach that Nissens lacked as a PE-owned stand-alone. The business benefits from aftermarket exposure, which is non-cyclical as it correlates with the installed car parc rather than new-vehicle sales, and its thermal management portfolio is powertrain-neutral (relevant for ICE, hybrid and EV). Profitability has improved materially: EBIT margin reached ~14.7% in FY2025 vs. ~12.2% in the 8-month stub FY2024 and only ~1.0% in calendar-2022, signaling recovery from the raw-material/freight inflation trough. Gross margin at the SMP segment level rose to 42.8% in H1 2026 from 37.3% in H1 2025, well above SMP's consolidated 31.9%. Equity grew from DKK 265M to DKK 349M in FY2025, and equity/sales of ~23% represents healthy capitalization for a working-capital-heavy manufacturing/distribution business. Key risks include weather-driven seasonality (summer A/C demand), FX transaction losses (seen in Q1 2026), long-term EV headwinds in Engine Efficiency products, customer inventory destocking cycles, and integration execution risk from the SMP acquisition. The 2022 earnings volatility (EBIT of only DKK 12M on DKK 1.23B revenue) also demonstrates the business can be squeezed when input costs rise faster than price pass-through.

Key strengths: Backed by global parent SMP (~$1.6B revenue, 6,800 employees, 19 facilities), Resilient aftermarket exposure tied to installed car parc, Powertrain-neutral thermal management portfolio (ICE, hybrid, EV), Multi-brand positioning across premium and value tiers (Nissens, AVA, Highway Automotive), Strong gross-margin trajectory (42.8% in H1 2026 vs. 37.3% in H1 2025), Healthy balance sheet with equity/sales ratio of ~23%, EBIT margin improved to ~14.7% in FY2025 from ~1.0% in 2022, 15,000+ parts portfolio across three brands

Risk factors: Weather/seasonality risk affecting summer A/C component demand, FX and currency transaction losses across multi-currency European/MENAT sales, Long-term EV headwinds in Engine Efficiency category (turbochargers, EGR, intercoolers), Customer inventory destocking cycles in European aftermarket, Integration execution risk with SMP ($8-12M synergies still being realized), Historical earnings volatility (2022 EBIT only DKK 12M on DKK 1.23B revenue), Raw-material and freight inflation pass-through lag

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