Metair Investments Limited announced earning and production guidance for the full year 2020. For the period, the company in Automotive Components expects full year production volumes to be suppressed. As such, Metair still expects full year revenues to be between 25% and 30% lower than 2019 (at prevailing exchange rates), with full year operating margins between 1% and 3%, barring any further manufacturing disruptions. This is based on an expected second half improvement in local automotive manufacturing of approximately 60 - 70 thousand units (35% - 40%) from the first half of 2020, driven by export demand and new facelifts, and the achievement of full year volumes of between 400 thousand units to 440 thousand units. In Energy Vertical Based on Metair's current visibility, Metair expects full year revenues to only be between 5% and 10% lower than the prior year, with full year margins of between 8% and 10%. This outlook is based on prevailing exchange rates and an average virgin lead price of $1,700 per tonne, combined with an overall positive outlook for volumes. it expect total automotive battery volumes to improve by 1.5 - 1.7 million units from the first 6 months of 2020, to 7.2 - 7.6 million units for the full year.