COVID-19 crisis reduced Arquus' exports by 50% in 2020
Although the COVID-19 crisis reduced Arquus’ exports by 50% in 2020, the company managed to balance the books by increasing its services by 40%. Additionally, the French manufacturer plans to deliver around 150 Griffons and Jaguars to the French Army in 2021.
The COVID-19 crisis hit exports from Arquus in 2020 as overseas sales fell by 50% compared with 2019. Even so, the French company managed to balance the books with a 40% increase in services revenues and 23% growth in domestic sales.
During a press conference on 10 March to announce the 2020 results, Emmanuel Levacher, president and CEO of Arquus, explained that total sales decreased by 10% in the last year. However, he insisted that this ‘is actually proof of our very good resistance [to the economic effects of COVID-19]. In fact, we are rather satisfied to have limited the damage to this
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