Recently, Foster, a leading photovoltaic adhesive film manufacturer, released its 2024 financial report. The report shows that in 2024, Foster realized operating income of RMB1,914,742.43 million and net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies of RMB1,307,555.95 million.
As a deep cultivator in the field of photovoltaic encapsulation materials, Foster has accumulated nearly two decades of experience in this field. The share of its PV adhesive film products in the global market has been maintained at about 50% for a long time. It is significantly ahead of its competitors. In the photovoltaic industry chain, Foster is one of the very few single leading links.
In addition, Foster is also the first company in the PV adhesive film industry to lay out its production capacity overseas. The company's first overseas production base is located in Thailand, which was officially put into operation in 2018. Subsequently, the company initiated the construction of its Vietnam base in 2022 and began to gradually release its PV adhesive film production capacity in 2024. Meanwhile, the second-phase expansion project of the Thailand base is also progressing smoothly, indicating that Foster's overseas PV adhesive film production capacity continues to expand despite market challenges.
It is worth noting that Foster's 2024 revenue and net profit are both down year-on-year, reaching 15.23% and 29.33% respectively. This is, on the one hand, due to the unit price of PV adhesive film products falling in tandem with the price of raw materials, resulting in a decline in operating income and net profit of the adhesive film business, and on the other hand, due to the fact that downstream customers in 2024 produced modules based on the double-glass structure, the demand for photovoltaic backsheet products has dropped significantly, and the price of the products has further declined, and the related revenues and net profit have declined year-on-year.
不过尽管如此,福斯特的光伏胶膜销售量在2024年仍实现了24.98%的同比增长
But, Foster's PV Adhesive Film sales volume has grown 24.98% Year-on-year in 2024.