18 apr 2013

Auto industry wiring manufacturer Leoni Wiring Systems Arad, the subsidiary of German group Leoni, with global sales of EUR3.7 billion, will this year hire 500 people at the Arad plant. The company more

17 apr 2013

Romanian DAF truck importer and dealer EVW Holding expects to sell about 1,300 units this year, double as many as in 2012. more

3 apr 2013

Automotive safety systems manufacturer Autoliv Romania, the local subsidiary of Sweden’s Autoliv, plans to invest more than EUR25 million to expand production capacity this year. more

1 apr 2013

Kronospan Romania, one of the leading players in the Romanian wood processing industry, will this year finalize an around EUR40 million investment in doubling the production capacity of OSB (oriented more

6 mar 2013

US group Emerson, with turnover of over $24 billion, will hire 500 people for its plants in the western Romanian cities of Cluj-Napoca and Oradea this year. more

28 feb 2013

The owner of the construction group CON-A based in Sibiu (central Romania) and one of the most important businessmen in the city, Mircea Bulboaca, plans to develop a photovoltaic farm. more

22 feb 2013

Cluj-based lingerie and swimwear producer Jolidon, controlled by businessman Gabriel Cirlig will go to India this year where it plans to open three stores. more

7 feb 2013

Rombat Bistrita, Romania’s largest car battery manufacturer, expects the auto market to be flat in 2013 after five years of decline. more

13 dec 2012

Automotive component makers continued to hire and invest this year, a trend that started in 2011, in order to develop the business on the local market. more

12 dec 2012

US-held Emerson has recruited about 600 people for its plants in the Tetarom II industrial park in Cluj (NW Romania), where it currently employs 1,500 people. more

26 nov 2012

The three Cluj-based entrepreneurs who have since 1990 turned EnergoBit into a EUR160-million business specializing in delivering complete energy solutions have sold the majority stake to Poland’s more

8 nov 2012

Automotive component maker Preh Romania, one of the major local suppliers of Audi, BMW and Daimler, plans to hire 120 more people for its plant in Ghimbav, near Brasov (central Romania). more

23 oct 2012

Sortilemn, a furniture maker based in Gherla (NW Romania) and one of the most important local suppliers of IKEA, has completed a 30 million lei (EUR6.6 million) project to build a cogeneration power more

20 sep 2012

Construction company CON-A in Sibiu, controlled by businessman Mircea Bulboaca, has built a large part of the structure of Bosch’s future auto parts plant in Jucu, Cluj county. more

22 aug 2012

Romanian lingerie and swimwear manufacturer Jolidon expects to return to profit this year after three years of losses and see its sales go up by 15% on 2011. Sales stood at 90 million lei (EUR20 more

6 aug 2012

EnergoBit, one of the leading players on the market of energy equipment, controlled by three Romanians, will invest EUR40 million in the development of a 27-MW wind farm in Tulcea (SE Romania). more

19 iul 2012

Austrian millionaire Gerald Schweighofer, who owns an over EUR400 million wood processing business on the Romanian market, currently has 2,300 employees in this country. The company has recruited 200 more

10 iul 2012

Kastamonu Romania (the former Prolemn) in Reghin (central Romania), controlled by Kastamonu Entegre, one of the leading wood processing companies in Turkey, will complete a EUR150 million investment more

28 mai 2012

Holcim Romania, one of the largest cement producers on the local market, estimates the cement market will increase by 2% to 3%, with company officials still relying on infrastructure projects, at a more

7 mai 2012

Sortilemn Gherla, one of the biggest Romanian suppliers of Swedish-held IKEA, has started a EUR9 million project to build a coat hanger plant on a 10,000 square meter plot of land. more

13 apr 2012

Some of the largest producers of components present on the Romanian market – Continental, Autoliv, Yazaki and Schaeffler Romania – have announced new programs of boosting employee numbers in 2012, more

15 mar 2012

EnergoBit, one of the leading companies on the Romanian energy equipment market, received offers from private investors willing to get a stake in it and provide financial backing to its projects. more

9 mar 2012

German-held manufacturer Schaeffler Romania, which owns a ball bearing plant in Brasov, has budgeted production growth of about 9% for 2012, which should take its turnover towards EUR370 million, more

27 feb 2012

They started to arrive in Romania in mid 2000s, drawn by Dacia, the cheap skilled labor and the advantage of export to Western markets. They built plants from the ground up and created an industry more

23 feb 2012

EVW Holding based in Cluj (NW Romania), the importer of the DAF trucks in Romania, controlled by two entrepreneurs and Dutch EVW group posted 293 million lei (EUR67 million) sales in 2011, up 18% on more