03.27.2012

For the first time in over two years since people started talking about the wind power boom, the windmills made their presence felt in 2011, generating 2% of the total energy produced in Romania, more

03.09.2012

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

02.29.2012

Steel processor ArcelorMittal Galati on Wednesday announced it has reduced production because ice is blocking the navigable ways on the Danube, which poses difficulties in deliveries and raw materials more

02.22.2012

Russia’s steel giant Mechel Wednesday said three of its four Romanian plants that ceased production because of bad weather have resumed operations, while the last one is scheduled to start activity more

02.22.2012

Oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) on Wednesday reported that hydrocarbon production for 2012 rose 1% on the year, to 67.77 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), due to the drilling of new wells and more

02.17.2012

Russian steel giant Mechel Friday said it has temporarily shut down production at its Romanian plants Mechel Targoviste and Ductil Steel Otelu Rosu due to shipping difficulties, just a couple of days more

02.10.2012

Romanian adjusted industrial production rose 6.1% in 2011 compared with a year earlier, fueled by higher output in all sectors, the country’s statistics institute INS said Friday. more

02.08.2012

State-owned hydropower producer Hidroelectrica is using its water reserves to compensate for the reduction of output in thermal power plants and wind farms. more

01.25.2012

U.S. carmaker Ford will produce 60,000 B-Max cars this year at its plant in Craiova, southern Romania, and estimates production will hit at least 100,000 units in 2013, Ford Romania said Wednesday. more

01.23.2012

The first 36 prototype units of the new B-Max MPV were made in Craiova before the end of last year, and at the beginning of this month Ford started assembling the pre-production vehicles in its more

01.10.2012

Romanian adjusted industrial production inched up 0.3% in November 2011 compared with a month earlier, fueled by higher output in the energy sector, the country’s statistics institute INS said more

12.21.2011

Italian tire producer Pirelli produced seven million tires this year at its plant in Slatina, southern Romania, and expects local production will increase 30% in 2012, Giuseppe Cangelosi, general more

12.21.2011

Carmaker Dacia, owned by French group Renault, on Wednesday has temporarily halted production at the plant in Mioveni, southern Romania, three days earlier than scheduled, due to a decrease in car more

12.08.2011

Romanian adjusted industrial production rose 4.8% in October compared with the same period a year before, on increases in all sectors, the country’s statistics institute INS said Thursday. more

11.25.2011

Romanian Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO), the refining unit of the country's second-largest oil group Rompetrol, Friday said it has resumed production at its Petromidia platform, after a one-month more

11.25.2011

Romanian plastic component producer ELJ Automotive Titu has invested EUR7 million into expanding its production capacity, with EUR10 million more to be spent later, and has become a supplier of the more

11.21.2011

The stock production of Lodgy MPV will begin in Tangiers, Morocco, next spring, using CKD (complete knocked down) kits exported from Romania. The seventh model in the Dacia range will continue to help more

11.08.2011

Romanian adjusted industrial production inched down 0.6% in September compared with the previous month, due to declines in all sectors, the country’s statistics institute INS said Tuesday. more

11.02.2011

Romanian dominant oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) Wednesday said it started test exploitation of its Totea well in the southwestern region of Oltenia, which could prove to be the country’s most 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

10.18.2011

Romanian aluminum maker Alro Slatina (ALR.RO) Tuesday said it has started procedures to shut down a production unit, because of reduced electricity deliveries from its main supplier, Hidroelectrica. more

10.08.2011

ArcelorMittal Galati, the largest steel plant in Romania, plans to increase its production by one million tons starting next year, after the reopening of furnace five, whose upgrading cost EUR80 more

10.07.2011

Romanian adjusted industrial production rose 1.9% in August compared with the previous month, fueled by higher output in all sectors, the statistics institute INS said Friday. more

10.05.2011

Domestic car production has almost entirely recouped the decline witnessed in recent months, driven by Dacia, which modified its summer holiday calendar for the first time in the past decades. more

09.19.2011

Romanian Rompetrol Rafinare (RRC.RO), the refining unit of the country's second-largest oil group Rompetrol, Monday said it will halt production during October 22-November 3 for scheduled works at its more