01.11.2017

French-held cosmetics group Yves Rocher is entering local retail after having tested the market via the franchising system, following in the footsteps of Sephora, Zara and Mango. more

01.10.2017

U.S. company Fitbit, leader in the connected health and fitness market, has bought Romanian smartwatch manufacturer Vector Watch, in a transaction whose value was not disclosed, the company said in a more

01.04.2017

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has completed the acquisition of Czech group P3, one of the a leading pan-European owners, developers and managers of logistics properties, from TPG Real Estate more

12.16.2016

French-held giant Lactalis bought Romanian dairy producer Covalact, one of the ten largest players on the local market by turnover, thus strengthening its position on the Romanian market, after the more

12.14.2016

Ursus Breweries, the leader of the beer market in Romania, will be acquired by Japan’s Asahi group in a EUR7.3 billion deal including all the Eastern European assets of SABMiller. more

12.06.2016

French building materials manufacturer Saint Gobain bought Pietta Glass Working, active in glass processing and insulating glazing systems for façade markets and certain industrial applications, in more

11.02.2016

US PPG group is entering Romania by buying Deutek, one of the largest local paint manufacturers. PPG is a Fortune 500 industrial conglomerate, whose operations include paint business, chemical more

11.01.2016

The acquisition of pharmaceutical wholesaler Europharm Distribuţie (EPH) by fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) distributor Interbrands Marketing & Distribution (IBR) was completed on Tuesday, November more

10.26.2016

Affidea group, a leading provider of medical imaging and cancer treatment services in Europe, has signed a binding contract for the acquisition of diagnostic centers of Hiperdia, an important provider more

10.26.2016

Belgian developer Belvir, part of Catinvest group, which owns and operates shopping malls in France and Romania, bought the shopping galleries of Electroputere mall in Craiova, totalling 28,000 square more

10.14.2016

Czech investment fund PPF Real Estate completed this week the acquisition of Metropolis Center office project in Bucharest, according to real estate consulting firm JLL. more

10.07.2016

Octavian Radu, the owner of the Diverta bookstore chain, is back in the acquisition business by buying two courier service companies in order to form a bigger group that could eat into the market more

10.06.2016

Medicover, one of the leading private healthcare services providers in Romania, has completed the acquisition of medical center Doctor Luca in Pitesti (central-southern Romania), which is part of the more

09.28.2016

Sweden’s Lantmännen Unibake bakery group, which bought Frozen Bakery Products SA, says this is a strategic acquisition for the group that wants to turn the local market into an export hub. The more

09.27.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Tuesday said it approved the takeover of 78 Reteta pharmacies from Sibpharmamed SRL (Polisano group) by retail pharmacy chain Sensiblu. more

09.27.2016

Swedish bakery products group Lantmännen Unibake bought Romanian producer of hamburger buns Frozen Bakery Products SA, previously owned by Austrian group GoodMills. more

09.20.2016

French-held Catinvest group, which owns three shopping galleries in Romania, in Cora Pantelimon, Carrefour Orhideea and Tom Constanta, is about take over the Electroputere mall in Craiova in a more more

09.16.2016

Scandia Sibiu, one of the largest canned food companies in Romania, has acquired rival Rotina Product, which has a cannery in Hunedoara, according to the Official Gazette. more

09.14.2016

The Emerson group, which has plants in Cluj-Napoca and Oradea and more than 2,400 employees in Romania, sold the Leroy-Somer and Control Tehniques divisions to Japan’s Nidec Corporation in a $1.2 more

09.09.2016

Software solutions provider AROBS Transilvania of Cluj entrepreneur Voicu Oprean is interested in buying Romanian-held companies specializing in sales force automation, car fleet monitoring and more

09.06.2016

Bramac Romania has signed a framework agreement for the acquisition of the concrete roof tile plant of Elpreco, based in Craiova, for approximately RON33 million (EUR8 million). more

09.02.2016

Direct One, the operator of a more than 5,500-kilometer fiber optic network in Romania, has signed an agreement with the UTI group to buy Netcity, the company that developed the underground fiber more

08.04.2016

Insurers BCR Asigurari de Viata and Omniasig, members of Austria’s Vienna Insurance Group (VIG), signed, on August 3, an agreement to take over life insurer AXA Life Insurance SA. more

07.28.2016

Vrancart Adjud (VNC.RO), a major paper and cardboard maker in Romania, has bought the majority stake in Brasov-based Rom Paper, which owns Mototol brand. more

07.21.2016

Five SPRL, a leading company on the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market, was taken over by insolvency practitioner Casa de Insolventa Transilvania (CITR), according to an announcement of CITR. more