Automotive: Turnaround and Financial Restructuring

Horn & Company supports suppliers and OEMs in achieving sustainable financial stability and operational competitiveness. Our restructuring and turnaround programs combine short-term improvements in financial performance with long-term transformation.

How OEMs and suppliers ensure financial stability and competitiveness

The automotive industry is undergoing a profound transformation. New technologies, changing market demands, rising costs, and significant investments in transformation require OEMs and suppliers to simultaneously ensure financial stability, operational efficiency, and long-term competitiveness. At the same time, this development presents an opportunity to strategically refine structures, processes, and business models. Companies that establish transparency early on and consistently implement the right measures can emerge stronger from the transformation.

A decisive factor here is an approach that combines short-term earnings improvements with sustainable changes. This not only stabilizes earnings and cash flow but also creates the conditions for long-term success.

Our current publications highlight which approaches have proven effective in practice and what is essential for successful restructuring and turnaround programs.

// Latest Insights from Our Experts

Turnaround Program

Stabilize earnings. Improve cash flow. Secure competitiveness.

What measures have an immediate impact on earnings and cash flow? And how can improvements be sustained over the long term? Our publication shows how companies can tackle operational and financial challenges together, identify effective measures, and achieve sustainable improvements in earnings, cash flow, and competitiveness.

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Financial Restructuring

Secure liquidity. Ensure transparency. Maintain the ability to act.

Learn how OEMs and suppliers identify financial risks early on, actively manage liquidity, and lay the groundwork for stable financing relationships. This publication highlights the key factors that determine the success of financial restructuring.

Read the Restructuring Publication

Find us at the VDA SME Day 2026

Horn & Company will be at the VDA SME Day in Bonn on June 17 and 18. Come visit us at our booth and talk with our experts about financial restructuring, turnaround, and sustainable competitiveness in the automotive SME sector.

We look forward to engaging conversations and discussions!

Our experts in business turnarounds and restructuring in the automotive sector

Ivo Schmincke

Managing Partner

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Marc Heinisch

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Bastian Imhof

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Talk to our automotive experts

Are you looking to strengthen your competitive edge, launch a transformation program, or identify specific opportunities in operations, supply chain, finance, or strategy? We help OEMs and suppliers successfully implement transformation, sustainably improve performance, and actively shape the future of mobility.

// Further insights and practical ideas

In addition to their project work, our experts regularly publish articles and studies offering the latest insights for the automotive industry.

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Order postponements are weighing on profit margins

Postponed launches and delayed projects are increasingly weighing on the automotive industry’s profitability. Find out what steps companies should take now.

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Automotive Suppliers in Crisis

Rising cost pressures, volatile markets, and technological shifts pose significant challenges for suppliers. We highlight ways in which companies can ensure their long-term viability.

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Diversification for automotive suppliers

Why diversification is becoming a strategic necessity for many suppliers. Learn how new markets and business areas can contribute to long-term stability.

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China Speed

What can European companies learn from the speed of their Chinese competitors? We show how to increase agility without sacrificing proven strengths.

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Continuously improve supplier performance

How can supply chains be stabilized and risks identified early on? The H&C Supplier Improvement Program demonstrates how OEMs and suppliers can help their suppliers achieve sustainable growth.

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Innovation and Increased Efficiency at JOYSONQUIN

Learn how JOYSONQUIN achieved sustainable efficiency gains by optimizing OEE, production layout, and global footprint.

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Cost Deployment – Creating Value Instead of Just Cutting Costs

Want to reduce costs without compromising customer value? We’ll show you how cost deployment works as a strategic tool.

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Availability is the key to business success

Discover the potential of the aftermarket. How can you balance capital tied up in spare parts inventory with customer satisfaction?

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The Future of Glass Roofs in the Automotive Industry: How the Yield for High-Tech Panoramic Roofs Was Doubled

Sustainable process optimization through innovative solutions in the automotive glass industry.

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Seamless Cash-Driven Enterprise: Challenges in Order Processing

How to achieve cross-functional optimization — and what value it adds.

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Why German engineering is no longer enough

Why incremental improvements are no longer enough. What approaches are involved in an end-to-end transformation of the product development process.

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Europe's automotive industry at a turning point: How end-to-end processes can help overcome the crisis

End-to-end processes lead to increased efficiency and reduced costs while also boosting a company's flexibility.

In our publications section you will find further blog articles as well as personal expert assessments and practical white papers with valuable insights.