9 apr 2015

A little more than 270 million passengers chose road transporters last year to travel in and outside Romania, down 1% against 2013, and of this total around 2.5 million passengers traveled abroad, up more

9 apr 2015

After a quite tepid 2014 for Romania’s constructions and transport infrastructure, the first quarter of 2015 breathed new life into these fields. Several highway contracts were signed and an almost more

9 apr 2015

The Bucharest National Airport Company (CNAB), which manages Bucharest’s two airports, Henri Coanda (Otopeni) and Aurel Vlaicu (Baneasa), ended 2014 with net profit worth above 106 million lei, up more

6 apr 2015

The start of the year came with positive signals from the construction market, says Costin Borc, the Romanian who has been running construction material manufacturer Lafarge Romania, the local more

6 apr 2015

The average asking price of old three-room apartments in Bucharest went down in March for the first time since the start of the year, hitting an average of around EUR75,300, according to ZF real more

3 apr 2015

Grup Feroviar Roman (GFR), the largest private railway freight transporter in Romania, part of Grampet group, generated revenue worth around 696 million lei (EUR155 million) in 2014, down 5% in lei more

2 apr 2015

The paint and coatings sector will not feel the growth of the residential sector that started last year any sooner than this summer, says Marius Vacaroiu, general manager of Policolor, one of the more

2 apr 2015

CFR SA, Romania’s state-owned railway company, has budgeted investment expenses worth 3.8 billion lei for 2015, more than double the 2014 level, according to Transport Ministry data. In 2014, the more

30 mar 2015

Romanian Marcel Cobuz, former CEO of the subsidiaries of Indonesia and Iraq of French cement producer Lafarge, and one of the promoters of BVB development, is handling the pre-integration of French more

24 mar 2015

Romania’s national roads authority CNADNR, which had a EUR1.5 billion budget or one fifth of the entire construction market last year, is also the leading actor of this industry by number of more

24 mar 2015

Casa de Insolventa Transilvania, the judicial administrator of builder Alpine SA, put up for sale assets with a starting price of EUR7 million of the Austrian-held company, which is under insolvency more

23 mar 2015

Romanian state-run airline Tarom ended 2014 with a loss of 119 million lei (EUR27 million), just 8% lower than in 2013, and expects to register a negative result in 2015 as well, at RON8 million, more

23 mar 2015

A “slight deicing” was felt on the local construction market in the first months of this year, says Ioan Titeiu, the Romanian entrepreneur who controls Sfantu-Gheorghe-based building material more

16 mar 2015

Italian builder Astaldi, which completed Bucharest’s Basarab passageway and Arena Nationala stadium, in 2014 posted a significant revenue increase in Romania, which contributed to the overall more

12 mar 2015

The major problem of Romania’s paint market is the lack of consumption as the construction field has not managed to completely regain health after the crisis, says Marinica Potop, general manager more

9 mar 2015

Construction materials manufacturer Celco held by businessmen Niculae and Ion Dusu ended last year with almost EUR22 million revenue, an increase of 10% on 2013, according to ZF estimates based on the more

3 mar 2015

Romanian building material producer Siceram Sighisoara ended 2014 with revenue worth 68 million lei (EUR15.3 million), up almost 13% on the year. more

20 feb 2015

There are premises for an increase in investments operated by the state in 2015, implicitly driving up private investments, says Alexandru Stanean, general manager of building material producer more

18 feb 2015

Holcim Romania’s 2014 cement sales were supported by the rising number of projects in the housing, as well as non-housing sectors, says Francois Petry, who runs the building material producer. more

17 feb 2015

Construction of blocks of flats, particularly in Bucharest, Cluj and Timisoara, was the main growth driver of the Romanian masonry market, made up of bricks and ACC block, in 2014, says Corneliu more

16 feb 2015

Somaco construction material group ended last year with EUR36.4 million revenue, an over 40% increase on 2013, according to ZF calculations based on Somaco supplied data. more

13 feb 2015

The PVC profile unit of Rehau Polymer, the Romanian subsidiary of Germany’s Rehau group, ended 2014 with revenue of around EUR27 million, up 2-3% from 2013. more

12 feb 2015

German-held building material producer HeidelbergCement, which controls Romanian cement producer Carpatcement Holding, reported improving EBITDA margins for Romania in 2014 owing to cost control. more

5 feb 2015

Romania’s cement market, a key indicator of the trend of the construction field, in 2014 rose by 5-6%, reverting to the level of 2012, when total output amounted to 7.6 million tons, according with more

5 feb 2015

Neamt-based PVC joinery producer Izotec Group, controlled by Ciprian Chelariu and Sorin Sarbu, in 2014 sent around EUR500,000-600,000 worth of windows and doors abroad, the equivalent of 10% of 2014 more