04.17.2014

Brasov-based dairy producer Prodlacta generated revenue of 25.6 million lei (EUR5.8 million) last year, around three times higher against the 2012 level. However, the dairy maker, which exited more

02.10.2014

Romania’s dairy market is set to undergo consolidation in the coming years, and amid the high raw material costs, private label pressure and consumers’ low purchasing power, half of the more

01.30.2014

A cut of the value added tax for dairy products would push shelf prices down close to those charged by black market sellers and farmers and drive consumption back up, says Jan Willem Kivits, the Dutch more

01.10.2014

French Lactalis group, one of the world leading dairy industry groups, which bought the LaDorna business in Romania in 2008, closed three plants that made butter and yellow cheese in Suceava and Neamt more

10.03.2013

Stefan Poienaru, owner of major farming group Agrofam, has given up his online store selling meat and dairy products two years after launching it and now plans to focus exclusively on the production more

07.05.2013

Over 100 dairy and cheese plants were closed between 2008 and 2012, while the number of major plants with over 250 employees was reduced to eight (from 14 in 2008), according to a ZF analysis based on more

06.18.2013

Danone, FrieslandCampina and Albalact, the three largest dairy producers on the Romanian market, reported an increase in sales in lei in 2012, but profit margins remained low, at only 2%-3%, according more

01.31.2013

The official dairy market fell by 20% to 25% in volume last year compared with 2011 because of purchasing power decline, believes Dorin Cojocaru, general manager of dairy companies’ trade more

01.22.2013

The about one billion euro dairy industry badly hurt by the drought last year is becoming polarized, believes Victor Vartolomei, chief financial officer of Delaco Distribution, one of the most more

01.07.2013

Greek-owned dairy maker Olympus Dairy Industry wants to increase its turnover on the Romanian market by over 20% in 2013 to EUR55 million, and the growth will be mainly supported by the development of more

10.29.2012

Twenty kilometers south of Bucharest lies the dairy farm that belonged to Israeli dairy group Tnuva until recently. This used to be the most important raw material producer for the company’s plant more

05.17.2012

After taking over at the helm of Danone Romania in April, Dieter Schultz set several clear objectives for his mandate: the first of them is to keep the company on an upward trend in 2012, even if the more

04.23.2012

Hochland Romania, the country’s largest local cheese producer, says the exports of its two plants in Sighisoara and Sovata (central Romania) have become a strategically important component as more

11.28.2011

Tnuva is considering closing its Romanian operations and pulling out of the country after having invested some EUR60 million in the enterprise, Israeli newspaper Globes reported in its online edition. more

11.11.2011

Albalact Alba Iulia, the largest independent dairy producer posted 246.2 million lei (EUR56.5 million) sales in the first nine months, up 34.32% on the same period of 2010. more

10.20.2011

Lactalis Romania, the local unit of the French giant that owns since 2008 LaDorna, one of the best-known dairy brands on the local market, has for the first time revealed its development strategy, as more

07.08.2011

Lactalis, which in 2008 acquired control of LaDorna, one of the best-known local dairy brands, says the Romanian business has grown each year. The French group also say they have no plans to conduct a more