5 oct 2015

Sika Romania forecasts a two-digit turnover growth in 2015, from nearly EUR21 million in 2014, on a moderate growth pace of the construction market in August to September after the positive trend in more

30 sep 2015

Alpha Group Investments, a division of Alpha Bank, and Ali Ergun Ergen, who used to run Plaza and Baneasa malls in Bucharest, are due to begin construction on a retail and office development in more

22 sep 2015

French-held do-it-yourself group Leroy Merlin, now in the process of the rebranding the former bauMax Romania stores it took over last fall, is interested in development of new stores of its own in more

21 sep 2015

Saint-Gobain will see one-digit growth in Romania this year, as the local market is showing signs of recovery after three slow years, says Pierre-Andre de Chalendar, chairman and chief executive more

27 aug 2015

Sibiu-based do-it-yourself retailer and construction material distributor Ambient controlled by businessman Ioan Ciolan ended 2014 with 497 million lei (EUR112 million) revenue, down 20% on 2013 and more

25 aug 2015

Construction materials distributor Arabesque of entrepreneur Cezar Rapotan posted sales growth of 5% in the first half and expects the same growth for the entire year. more

19 aug 2015

German-held do-it-yourself retailer Hornbach, will open in the fall a new store in Sibiu, central Romania, its 6th unit on the local market and already targets several locations for its 7th unit, more

14 aug 2015

Agribusiness group Agricover bought and upgraded a slaughter house in the southern county of Dambovita, in a EUR5 million investment, thus entering the pork processing segment. more

12 aug 2015

Romanian state-owned railway freight carrier CFR Marfa posted 363.6 million lei (EUR82 million) revenue in the first semester, down 17% from the same period in 2014 and 8% below the company’s more

4 aug 2015

Romania’s Maritime Ports Administration Constanta posted 11% higher revenue in the first semester, at 141.2 million lei (EUR32 million), mainly due to the boost in cereals trading, twofold higher . more

31 iul 2015

Agricultural production reached the highest of the decade at the end of last year, but 2015 is turning out to be a rather bad year due to the drought that has already lasted for weeks and the more

30 iul 2015

Businessman Catalin Grigoriu, who early this week sold his company Comfert Bacau to Ireland’s Origin Enterprises, says the local businesses are fighting an uneven battle with multinationals in terms more

28 iul 2015

Austrian group Lasselsberger’s sales of ceramic tiles in Romania rose 9% by volume in the first half of 2015, on the backdrop of the revival of the real estate sector. more

10 iul 2015

Schindler Romania, the local unit of Swiss elevator and escalator producer posted revenue of 59.1 million lei (nearly EUR13.4 million) in 2014, down 15% from a year before, being the fourth year of more

1 iul 2015

Siniat Romania, a unit of Belgian industrial group Etex, completed the construction of its plasterboard factory in the southern city of Turceni, a EUR50 million greenfield investment. more

29 iun 2015

Agribusiness company BriseGroup of Constanta businessman Marius Bucur targets a 25% increase in revenue to almost 1.6 billion lei (EUR359 million) this year, after climbing to fourth place among more

25 iun 2015

US-held Cargill and ADM (the former Alfred Toepfer) traded places again in the ranking of the largest agricultural commodity traders in Romania last year, as the former retook the top spot, beating more

22 iun 2015

Rovigo SPRL, the court-appointed trustee of insolvent road carrier edy International Spedition, plans to sell the headquarters in Brad, Hunedoara County (central Romania) and other assets of the more

17 iun 2015

German-held do-it-yourself retailer Hornbach, which has five stores in Romania, saw sales up 9% from 440 million lei to 479 million lei (EUR107 million) in 2014, according to its Finance Ministry more

17 iun 2015

Ireland’s CRH group, which will take over the local operations of Lafarge, following the merger of the French group with Swiss rival Holcim, posted 121 million lei (EUR27 million) revenue in Romania more

15 iun 2015

The local do-it-yourself market (retail without distribution) was worth a total of RON9.7 billion (nearly EUR2.2 billion) in 2014, up 2.9% from a year before, according to estimation of Poland’s more

28 mai 2015

Construction material distributor Arabesque held by low-profile Galati entrepreneur Cezar Rapotan, saw flat sales of 1.5 billion lei (EUR337 million) in 2014, thus ending the decline of 2012 and 2013. more

26 mai 2015

The construction sector valued at about EUR9 billion showed the first signs of a rebound early this year, but companies in the industry say it is too early to talk about a sustainable recovery. This more

23 apr 2014

The concrete prefab market contracted by 4% last year in volume and by 6% in value amid the low demand for products used in infrastructure works, according to the representatives of research company more

13 dec 2013

The difficulties affecting the Romanian economy and the construction sector made an impact on the plasterboard business, as well, which could see a 7% to 8% decline this year, according to Rigips more