Fabricato Posts Net Profits for 1H 2025, Reversing 1H 2024 Losses
Medellin-based textile giant Fabricato announced August 15 that its first-half (1H) 2025 net income rose to COP$6.9 billion (US$1.7 million), up from a COP$28 billion (US$6.9 million) net loss in 1H 2024.
Revenues for 1H 2025 dipped 1% year-on-year, to COP$136 billion (US$33.8 million), while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) soared 331% year-on-year, to COP$26 billion (US$6.5 million), up from COP$6 billion (US$1.5 million) in 1H 2024.
Fabricato’s real-estate division seemingly accounted for most of the profits – COP$5.5 billion (US$1.36 million), as the company reported just COP$1.4 billion (US$348,000) in profits in its textile operations.
“In a period of increasing economic uncertainty and global trade tensions, the conservative trend in consumption in segments such as apparel and textiles continues, immediately reflected in lower production needs,” according to Fabricato.
“Therefore, [textile] sales are once again impacted, with a 5% decrease in sales volume and a 3% decrease in sales value compared to the second quarter of 2024,” the company added.
In contrast to relatively feeble financials, Fabricato reported continuing progress in its energy and environmental initiatives, with 98% of its energy demand now self-generated, “ceasing to compete with energy resources demanded by approximately 125,880 families per month.”
What is more, “76% of our energy consumed came from renewable sources,” while “recycling utilized 1,966 tons of solid waste as raw material for other industries, eliminating the need for approximately 9,118 cubic meters of landfill space,” according to the company.
In addition, “collection and utilization of 52,905 kilograms of pre- and post-consumer textile waste was reused as raw material for new products in our textile process, yielding a green footprint.”
These various energy and environmental initiatives also generated an extra COP$532 million (US$132,000) in revenues for the company, all resulting from its “circular economy” focus, Fabricato added.
