10 nov 2014

The economic crisis brought a radical change in the consumption habits in Romania's beer industry, with sales of beer bottled in PET containers (which give consumers more beer for less money) going up more

22 oct 2014

Three of the 20 largest consumer goods producers in Romania have changed their executives in the past year, with two of the moves having at their center the leader of the soft drinks market (Coca-Cola more

16 oct 2014

Automotive seating systems manufacturer Martur, held by Turkish Ustunbek group and UniCredit, will hire 200 people for a plant in Cateasca, Arges County. more

14 oct 2014

Foreigners control one third of the 650,000 companies operating in Romania and generate 50% of local business, namely EUR125 billion out of the EUR250 billion registered in 2013, reveals a ZF survey more

9 oct 2014

The Romanian food industry, dominated at the top by multinationals of vegetal oil, sugar and confectionery production, but characterized by a second tier made up of Romanian entrepreneurial more

29 sep 2014

Supeco Investment company, set up this spring by Carrefour Romania (with a 90% stake) and Artima (10%) late last week opened the first store in Romania, in Ramnicu-Valcea, a unit with a 1,700-sqm more

24 sep 2014

Back in 2008, Romania's economy had only one company, OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), with revenue above ten billion lei (more than EUR2 billion). Now it has four (Automobile Dacia, OMV Petrom SA, OMV Petrom more

11 sep 2014

Romanian companies reported the lowest overall loss in the past six years, at EUR10.5 billion in 2013, while profit totaled EUR14.1 billion, according to Trade Registry data. The gap between profit more

10 sep 2014

Orastie-based Sogeco plant owned by Dutch group Philips, Romania’s second largest exporter of electrical home appliances, reported revenue of EUR101 million for 2013, up 40% against 2012. more

19 aug 2014

A total of 454,000 active companies posted turnover of EUR250 billion in 2013, with the top 1,200 accounting for half of that. Net result from profits and losses stood at more than EUR4 billion. more

13 aug 2014

Railroad car manufacturer Astra Vagoane Calatori, one of the 20 largest Romanian-owned private sector exporters, took out a EUR10 million line of credit from EximBank for two years, according to the more

8 aug 2014

The 50 largest Romanian-held private sector exporters exported EUR2.5 billion worth in 2013, according to ZF's calculations, as much as Renault-owned Automobile Dacia alone. more

23 iul 2014

The 20 largest consumer goods producers in Romania posted last an aggregated revenue of 23.8 billion lei (EUR5.4 billion), up by 1.5% against 2012 and 37% higher than in 2008, the last year of solid more

2 iul 2014

Italian-held home appliances manufacturer De’Longhi, which opened a plant on some of the space vacated by Nokia in Jucu, near Cluj, ended its first year in business in Romania in the black posting more

19 iun 2014

Dedeman Bacau, the do-it-yourself retail business of Bacau brothers Adrian and Dragos Paval, became the 2013 leader of the companies created by Romanian entrepreneurs, with 2,679 million lei (EUR608 more

11 iun 2014

OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), which lost its position as largest company in Romania to Automobile Dacia in 2013, remained the most profitable company in the country, having posted a record profit of more than more

5 iun 2014

Coca-Cola HBC Romania, the largest soft drinks company in Romania, ended 2013 with a profit margin of less than 5%, its lowest during the crisis. more

14 mai 2014

The bet on Romania, this is how the strategy of Albalact (ALBZ.RO), the largest business in the Romanian milk industry can be resumed. From sales of EUR2.5 million in the early 2000s, the company more

7 apr 2014

Petrom’s gas station network of more than 500 units, with revenue of around 15 billion lei (EUR3.4 billion) in 2012, is Romania’s biggest retailer, followed at some distance by Rompetrol gas more

2 apr 2014

Top Brands Distribution (TBD), a top player in the consumer goods industry, entered insolvency in March, thus raising the number of companies with revenues of more than EUR100 million that have more

20 mar 2014

The most important Russian businesses in Romania have followed the same pattern: Russian oligarchs taking over valuable assets of the Romanian state in the wake of controversial privatizations. Some more

20 mar 2014

The 140-year old Grivita brewery of Bucharest will become a real estate project, a former sweets plant in Brasov was acquired by Germany’s retailer Lidl and is to be turned into a store and hotel, more

13 mar 2014

The polarization of the Romanian economy is at its worst now, with the counties of Mehedinti, Botosani, Vaslui, Caras-Severin and Covasna accounting for merely EUR5 billion of the turnover registered more

26 feb 2014

German-held Karcher, which sealed a production partnership with Electroarges as early as 2002, is likely to expand production in Romania. Considered options include the construction of a plant on a more

17 feb 2014

Last year’s gross domestic product growth of 3.5% was helped by the 10% rise in exports, which was fueled by Ford, with an estimated increase of EUR1.5 billion on 2012, and the grain traders, which more