17 mai 2013

ArcelorMittal Galati, the former Sidex plant acquired by Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal for EUR70 million in 2001, would see EUR100 million higher sales a year if it were able to supply sheet metal more

14 mai 2013

A McLaren, an Aston Martin, and two Ferraris were registered on the Romanian market in April, with a total price of almost EUR1 million. more

13 mai 2013

Romania needs to follow in Poland’s footsteps and attract as much in EU funding as possible for its economy and truck market to grow. more

10 mai 2013

The investment in the Craiova-Pitesti highway or expressway, which is set to be built under concession for EUR1,7 billion or around EUR40 million per km, will be recouped only from road tolls in more

10 mai 2013

Renault’s revenues in Romania rose slightly to EUR3.92 billion last year, according to corporate data, EUR2.85 billion of which contributed by carmaker Automobile Dacia. more

8 mai 2013

Truck purchases by carriers and logistics operators gave a boost to the local commercial vehicles market, with orders of over EUR10 million announced in the last two weeks. more

7 mai 2013

Zoltan Brassai, general manager of Ford Romania, who is in charge of the company’s sales, is concerned that the Romanian “Rabla” clunkers scheme could become a scheme where old cars are replaced more

26 apr 2013

Romania has become more competitive than Poland and Czech Republic in attracting new investment in the automotive industry, believes Constantin Stroe, chairman of the Association of Automotive more

23 apr 2013

U.S. carmaker Ford will make 80,000 B-Max cars and 250,000 engines at its Romanian Craiova plant. more

22 apr 2013

German group Daimler plans to build an engine part plant in Arad, western Romania, according to Manfred Engelmann, president of the German-Romanian economic association. more

19 apr 2013

Samsung expects to sell more than 150,000 Samsung Galaxy S4, its latest flagship smartphone, on the Romanian market by yearend. more

18 apr 2013

Car production rose by more than 30% in Romania to almost 108,000 units in the first quarter, carmakers say; this is the second-fastest growth pace in the last six years and the fastest in the last more

17 apr 2013

New car registrations fell 20% to 11,200 units in the first quarter on the year-ago period, according to the Driving License and Vehicle Registration Department (DRPCIV). more

11 apr 2013

Sales of truck tires in Romania could reach 316,000 units, or EUR160 million, this year if slight growth forecasts turn out to be true. more

10 apr 2013

If the current conflict between some of Dacia’s employees and the management on the new collective labor agreement drags on, things could “take a dangerous turn for the [Romanian] Mioveni plant, more

8 apr 2013

The auto market might shrink again by up to 20% this year if the authorities return to the old version of the clunkers program, which uses nominal vouchers, says Dan Chitaru, chairman of Kia importer more

2 apr 2013

German Michael Grewe, one of the longest-standing executives in the car industry, will as of June 1 step down as CEO and president of Mercedes-Benz Romania, an annual business of around EUR180 more

29 mar 2013

Michelin has decided to reorganize its commercial operations in Central and Southern Europe and will make Bucharest into its regional center as of January 1, 2014, supervising operations in Hungary, more

29 mar 2013

The local branch of Sony Europe plans to double market share to ten percent on the smartphone segment by launching new models as top of the line Xperia Z and volume models in the range. more

27 mar 2013

Production at Ford’s plant in Craiova returned to growth in March, with the pace climbing to one car per minute, according to company officials. This is the same production pace as that of Dacia’s more

12 mar 2013

Dacia’s Romanian plant in Mioveni will also compete starting this year against Renault’s plant in Chennai, India, where Renault is manufacturing Dacia Duster for the UK. more

6 mar 2013

Ford’s EcoSport small SUV Ford, which was expected to be the second model to be manufactured by Ford in its Romanian plant in Craiova, will be made for the European market in India, at the Chennai more

19 feb 2013

Car production in Romania reached an all-time high for January, almost 35,000 units, up 35% on the same month of 2012, according to the statistics of the Association of Automotive Manufacturers and more

18 feb 2013

Sales of trucks over 18 tons mainly used in long-haul freight transportation will go up to more than 3,561 units (the sales of 2011) this year, Volvo Group officials estimate. more

14 feb 2013

More and more people are going for tablets and laptops when it comes to new purchases and the only ones buying desktop PCs are those who either need significant processing power or those on a very more