The Americas:
A market that requires more and better water

At year-end, Rotoplas had operations in 12 countries in the Americas, including the US, classified in three geographic regions: Mexico, Brazil, and other markets.

The operation in Mexico includes 11 production facilities located in Mexico City and in the states of Chiapas, Estado de México, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Veracruz, and Yucatán. Additionally, we have a distribution center in the city of Hermosillo, Sonora, and a research and development center in León, Guanajuato. As of December 31, 2014, our operations in Mexico accounted for 46.8% of our net sales.

 

In Brazil, Rotoplas has production and marketing operations for individual water storage and treatment solutions and integrated water solutions, particularly rainwater harvesting systems. As of December 31, 2014, we had seven rotomolding facilities located in the states of Alagoas, Bahía, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, and Piauí, and operations in Brazil accounted for 42.1% of the Rotoplas net sales.

 

We also operate in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua in Central America; Peru and Argentina in South America and, starting in September 2014, in the US. In those countries we have five production facilities located in Guatemala, Peru, Argentina, and the US, and four distribution centers located in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. At year-end, our operations in these countries accounted for 11.1% of the company’s net sales.

 

Finally, in Ecuador Rotoplas has an indirect, non-controlling investment in our associate Dalkasa Ecuador.

Revenue in Mexico contributed with 46.8% of sales, with a 16.8% increase
Brazil represented 42.1% of revenue and grew 35.3%
Other countries accounted for 11.1% of the company’s total sales
At year-end, revenue in Mexico contributed with 46.8% of sales and grew 16.8% driven by the good performance of individual and integrated solutions. Brazil accounted for 42.1% of revenue and grew 35.3%, mainly because we contributed to facing the water shortages problems the country is experiencing with our integrated solutions. Other countries represented 11.1% of total company sales and revenue was down 2.7% as compared to 2013, primarily due to the depreciation of the Argentinean peso against the Mexican peso.