01.21.2019

Brothers Attila and Nandor Santa (both of them pharmacists) who bought the Europharm drug plant in Brasov from UK’s GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in December 2015 have started production and are selling to more

12.21.2018

German-held Bosch group got the construction permit for its new washing machine plant it intends to build in Simeria, Hunedoara County (central Romania). more

11.19.2018

US-held automaker Ford has started the recruitment program for its Craiova plant and seeks to hire 1,700 people, more than initially planned in May, 1,500. Since the plant is currently employing more

10.19.2018

Businessman Daniel Guzu, who owns construction materials manufacturer Duraziv and has agricultural operations, says he will build a new metallic profile plant next year in an investment put at EUR2 more

10.04.2018

Proinvest Group in Pascani, which specializes in steel processing, has applied for almost 17 million lei (EUR3.6 million) state aid. The money should go towards building a plant. more

10.03.2018

Renault is considering increasing the capacity of Automobile Dacia’s Mioveni plant near Pitesti in southern Romania, as the sales of the Dacia brand are on the rise and the facilities making such more

08.27.2018

Romania’s Energy Ministry announced on Monday that state-run energy holding Complexul Energetic Hunedoara inaugurated its first desulphurization system, at its Paroseni power plant, which will more

08.22.2018

Builder CON-A based in Sibiu got two of the contracts to build the five largest plants under construction in Romania at the moment. more

08.15.2018

Germany’s Bosch group will not start construction of its new washing machine plant in Simeria, Hunedoara County (central Romania) any sooner than next year, due to the delays in getting the state more

07.17.2018

Footwear manufacturer Musette, which also owns retail operations, saw its revenue up about 5% last year, the lowest growth in the last few years, when it had a double-digit growth rate. more

07.16.2018

Businessman Dorel Goia, the majority shareholder of construction materials manufacturer Teraplast based in Bistrita, is looking at the Central European countries for opening new plants, after having more

06.27.2018

Romania’s largest natural gas producer Romgaz Medias (SNG.RO) said Wednesday the Energy Ministry paid RON20.9 million Tuesday, the first draw for Romgaz' investment in a combined cycle gas turbine more

06.22.2018

India’s biggest steelmaker JSW Steel could make a bid for ArcelorMittal’s Galati plant in Romania, potentially competing against Ukraine’s Metinvest and Italy’s Marcegaglia, according to more

06.14.2018

Italy’s De’Longhi entered Romania by buying the production facilities of Nokia in Cluj where it started manufacturing espresso machines in 2013. Today, the plant is a strategic facility for the more

06.04.2018

Star Assembly, based in Sebes (central Romania), which manufactures the 9G-Tronic automated transmissions used in Mercedes-Benz cars, posted 7.3 billion lei (EUR1.6 billion) revenue in 2017, almost more

05.31.2018

The EUR110 million investment of the Bosch group in building a washing machine plant in Simeria, Hunedoara County, is just the beginning of a greater plan and the German group is already considering more

04.17.2018

Swiss-held chemical group Clariant is investing more than EUR100 million in the plant it is building in Podari, a rural town about 10 kilometers from Craiova, Dolj County in southern Romania. more

04.04.2018

The vacuum cleaner plant of German-held Kaercher group in the southern Romanian city of Curtea de Arges inaugurated in the fall of 2016 makes about one million products a year and operates at 65% more

04.04.2018

Swiss-held Clariant chemical group has bought a 10-hectare plot in the rural town of Podari, near Craiova, which previously accommodated the vegetable oil plant Olpo (closed by Cargill) and a sugar more

03.14.2018

The generics division of French-held Sanofi, which includes the Zentiva pharmaceutical company with its plant in Romania (the former Sicomed), as well, is being courted by India’s Torrent more

03.05.2018

Food industry production facilities in Romania operated at only 72% capacity last year, below the European average, and their capacity utilization rate is dwindling year by year. more

02.23.2018

Arctic, the largest local home appliances manufacturer, owns a plant in Gaesti, Dambovita County (southern Romania) and is building a new production facility in Ulmi, in the same county. The new more

02.12.2018

Paint and coatings manufacturing group Policolor Orgachim increased its revenue in Romania and Bulgaria by 7% to EUR64 million last year. more

01.31.2018

Romania’s food and beverage industry estimated at 55 billion lei (EUR12 billion) started 2018 on the wrong foot with the closure of two plants – Zaharul Oradea (Pfeifer & Langen) and French group more

01.19.2018

Romania’s sugar production will rely on only three plants as of this spring - Agrana, Bod and Tereos, as Germany’s Pfeifer & Langen decided to close the Zaharul Oradea plant by May 2018. more