16 apr 2015

Romanian brick maker Cemacon Cluj ended the first quarter of this year with revenue of more than RON11 million, a 68% increase compared to the year earlier period though the start of the year is more

16 apr 2015

Romania’s electronics and IT retailer Domo, which underwent five changes of shareholders and an extensive overhauling process, plans to expand along a single store format this year: 10-sqm kiosks more

15 apr 2015

The first quarter of 2015 brought good signs for the construction industry, but for the time being it is hard to say whether the positive trend will maintain during the entire 2015, says Constantin more

15 apr 2015

Romania’s Simartis Telecom, a solutions provider for telecom operators, plans to increase its revenue by over 50% this year amid stepped up sales abroad through its direct sales force, with the more

15 apr 2015

The start of the year brought bad news for Electrica, Romania’s biggest energy distributor, which missed two acquisition opportunities that would have boosted its business and profit at one blow. more

15 apr 2015

Reghin-based tractor maker IRUM is set to open a sales and service center this year in Afumati locality near Bucharest and will invest further to expand its plant of Mures county. more

15 apr 2015

BCR and BRD, the top two banks in Romania by asset size, have granted over 55% of the 130,000 loans approved since the launch of the First Home scheme, in 2009. more

14 apr 2015

A one-year investment in Romania’s sheep farming market means a 1,400-sheep flock, which, left to shepherds, has the capacity to bring returns as high as 37%, reveals a ZF analysis. more

14 apr 2015

The bet on Swiss franc growth and investments on the Austrian bourse were the strategies that brought the biggest gains to mutual funds in Romania in the first quarter, of as much as 34.6% in euros. more

10 apr 2015

Wine sales are slightly up during this period compared with the pre-Easter period of 2014, according to ZF estimates based on discussions with producers and retailers. more

10 apr 2015

Heineken, a major player in Romania’s beer industry, took the first step outside the core market and entered the cider segment by launching Strongbow, a product it wants to take to several hundred more

10 apr 2015

In the first three months of this year, Romanians bought more cosmetics and plane tickets online, with IT&C, fashion, home&deco products and books also among their favorite buys online, according to more

10 apr 2015

The Socea family of Cluj, a stakeholder in EnergoBit, a major supplier of equipment and services for the energy sector, is set to open a 180-bed medical recovery hospital in June in Suceagu locality more

10 apr 2015

The financial crisis and Asian markets’ upsurge wiped out over 120,000 jobs from Romania’s textile, apparel and footwear industries during 2007-2014. However, during the same period the salaries more

9 apr 2015

Aramis Invest, Italsofa and Taparo are Romania’s biggest furniture exporters in an industry with many entrepreneurial businesses that managed to grow on the basis of orders coming from abroad. more

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

Romanian cable maker Romcab got EUR25 million funding from the International Investment Bank, with the operation being handled by BAC Investment. 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

9 apr 2015

Sales of TV sets in Romania rose by 10-18% in the first quarter of this year, a pace almost similar with that posted last year, according to estimates by Victor Armaselu, head of the consumer more

8 apr 2015

A&D Pharma, the largest group in Romania’s drug industry, has reached a network of over 10 Punkt-branded pharmacies, according to data compiled by ZF, with the new network taking shape in just a few more

8 apr 2015

Since taking over as general manager of Douglas perfume retailer in Romania, Lavinia Ivas has coordinated the opening of ten stores, but expansion plans do not halt at the 17 units operated at present more

8 apr 2015

Romania’s e-commerce market will reach EUR2 billion this year, double the 2014 level, and will continue to grow in the next ten years as online sales now account for just 2.5% in the overall retail more

7 apr 2015

Romanian drug maker Biofarm Bucuresti (BIO.RO) wants to acquire a pharmaceutical company to gain market share and grow its own business. more

7 apr 2015

Romanian bakery company Spicul, a name with a 160-year history in the local industry, has entered bankruptcy after four years of insolvency and now the plant of Rudeni locality, Ilfov, is put up for more