CIE Automotive SA engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of automotive components and sub-assemblies for the global automotive market. The company is headquartered in Bilbao, Vizcaya and currently employs 24,342 full-time employees. The firm is also involved in the Information Technology (IT) sector, with the provision of technological solutions for the healthcare, education, sustainability, transport and communications sectors. The firm is a parent of Grupo CIE Automotive, a group which comprises a number of controlled entities with operations established in Spain, Portugal, France, Lithuania, Morocco, Czech Republic, Romania, Brazil, Argentina, China, Russia, Guatemala and Mexico, among others. The firm has such subsidiaries as Global Dominion Access SA, CIE Inversiones e Inmuebles Sociedad Limitada and CIE Berriz Sociedad Limitada, among others. In February 2014, the Company acquired a 50% stake in RS Automotive NV owned by VEP Fund I Holding Cooperatief WA.
