12.28.2011

Dutch-registered Vimetco, the owner of Romanian aluminium maker Alro Slatina (ALR.RO), Wednesday said it has received seven offers from companies interested in constructing a 250 MW power plant in more

12.21.2011

Once the third Dacia plant, complementing the facilities in Mioveni, near Pitesti (southern Romania) and Somaca, Morocco, starts working, Renault plans to launch an “internal competition” among more

12.20.2011

Romanian state-owned hydropower producer Hidroelectrica on Tuesday announced the completion of a hydropower plant in southern Romania, following an investment of EUR75 million. more

12.20.2011

The Romanian government will select by next spring a partner for its planned 1,000-megawatt hydropower plant in Tarnita-Lapusteti, an investment valued at over EUR1 billion, Prime Minister Emil Boc more

12.08.2011

Construction materials producer Baumit Romania, part of Austrian group Schmid Industrie Holding, is considering building a new dry mortars plant with a capacity of 300,000 tons, after last year it more

11.16.2011

Romanian Fribourg Development on Wednesday announced it will earmark EUR20 million to convert the Libertatea furniture plant in Cluj-Napoca to a technological park. more

11.16.2011

U.S. car equipment producer TRW Automotive will open a plant in Bihor county, northwestern Romania, to produce leather steering wheel covers, company representatives told MEDIAFAX Wednesday. more

11.01.2011

Dutch giant Philips owns a fully automatic espresso machine plant in Orastie, western Romania, which reached nearly 200 million lei (around EUR46.3 million) in turnover last year, double as much as in more

10.21.2011

Italian group Maschio Gaspardo on Friday opened a new farm equipment production unit in Chisineu-Cris, Arad county, western Romania, following a EUR5 million investment. more

10.14.2011

Timpuri Noi, one of the symbols of the Bucharest industry, has recently inaugurated its new plant in Jilava, near the capital city, in which it invested almost EUR10 million. more

10.03.2011

Nokia paid EUR24 million in taxes to Romania's budget in 2009, and over EUR25 million in 2010, according to Viorel Gavrea, general manager of Tetarom, the industrial park where the Nokia plant was more

09.29.2011

The employees of Nokia’s plant in Jucu, Romania, who have been informed they will be made redundant by the end of the year, said they are concerned about the future and hope the severance payment more

09.29.2011

Nokia Corporation chief executive officer Stephen Elop on Thursday said the company will seek out buyers for the Jucu plant, which it plans to shut down. more

08.26.2011

Construction materials maker Adeplast on Friday said it has completed construction of a polystyrene plant in Ploiesti, following an investment of more than EUR4 million, and the unit will start more

07.13.2011

The temporary shutdown of the second reactor of the Cernavoda nuclear power station for almost one month is one of the factors that helped CEN Turceni, the largest thermal power plant in Romania, more

07.07.2011

Romanian beer maker Ursus Breweries, part of the SABMiller group, on Thursday said it has resumed beer production at its Cluj-Napoca plant, using a mini-plant set up in the former unit, which was more

07.06.2011

US company Lufkin, producer of oil and energy equipment, has hired the first 25 employees at the new plant it is building in southern Romania in Aricesti, Ploiesti county. The Texas-based company says more

07.01.2011

Meat processor Caroli Foods Group on Friday said it has shut down its plant in southeastern Romanian city Tulcea and will focus its activities at the Pitesti plant, because of reduced purchase power more

06.29.2011

German group Rochling will invest over EUR9 million in a plastic car part production unit in Pitesti, southern Romania, Rochling director of communications Ina Breitsprecher told MEDIAFAX Wednesday. more

06.22.2011

Romanian hydropower generator Hidroelectrica will select an international firm to provide technical assistance in a EUR137 million project for upgrades at the Stejaru Bicaz power plant. more

06.21.2011

Romanian nuclear power oversight committee CNCAN asked nuke plant Cernavoda to reevaluate the security of its two active reactors, at the request of the European Commission, following the post-quake more

06.21.2011

Romanian leading oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) Tuesday said its cogeneration thermal plant in Brazi has successfully connected to the national power grid during a series of pre-run tests. more

06.08.2011

U.S. car parts producer Delphi Automotive has opened a new assembly plant in Moldova Noua, southwest Romania, which will produce wire harnesses for European carmakers, with a staff of up to 1,000 by more

05.31.2011

Germany’s Henkel group, which owns two building materials and adhesive plants, will start building its third plant in October, in Roznov, southeast of Piatra-Neamt, with investment planned at EUR10 more

05.30.2011

Romanian electric and electronic equipment maker Electromagnetica Bucuresti (ELMA.RO) Monday said it has invested 19 million lei (EUR4.6 million) in a micro hydropower plant in the northern county of more