01.20.2015

Zizin, the mineral water brand produced by Brasov-based company Apemin Zizin, posted a 37% increase in sales in 2014 and the company wants to maintain the brand’s upward trend this year. more

08.15.2014

The introduction of the EUR0.07 excise duty per liter of fuel in April affected not only carriers but also companies in the bottled water industry, which had to raise prices or swallow most of the more

08.14.2014

The tax evasion that reached about EUR23 billion last year, or 16.2% of the gross domestic product, is robbing Romania of 5,000 kilometers of highways that it could build with this money in one year more

06.10.2014

Carpathian Springs, the company that produces mineral water brand Aqua Carpatica, created by businessman Jean Valvis, ended 2013 with revenue of 55.5 million lei (EUR12.6 million), up 65% on the year. more

05.29.2014

Brasov-based Apemin ZIZIN, the producer of the ZIZIN natural mineral water brand, expects revenue of EUR15 million this year, up around 50% from 2013, according to ZF calculations based on company more

05.28.2014

Romaqua Group, Romania’s largest producer of natural mineral water, ended last year in the black after having piled up losses of 12 million lei (around EUR2.7 million) during the 2011-2012 period, more

12.31.2013

Aqua Carpatica, the mineral water brand created by businessman Jean Valvis in 2010, has come to compete against traditional brands such as Borsec and Dorna in the past few years. more

12.17.2013

Production of Borsec, the best-selling mineral water brand in Romania, has gone up 20-fold after becoming part of Romaqua Group portfolio, to 320 million liters last year. more

12.05.2013

PepsiCo’s Vitarom Impex sold EUR1.8 million worth of Valea Izvoarelor natural mineral water bottled in PepsiCo’s plant in Covasna, central Romania, last year. more

07.17.2013

Carpathian Springs, owner of mineral water brand Aqua Carpatica, created by businessman Jean Valvis in 2010, doubled its turnover in 2012 to about 34 million lei (EUR7.5 million), according to ZF more

06.07.2013

Romanians now consume 2.8 billion liters of soft drinks and of bottled mineral water per year, over 20% more than in 2005. Consumption per capita has reached around 130 liters. Last year the market more

04.22.2013

Winemaker Tohani is branching out into mineral water under the Cheile Bicazului brand after having bought the majority stake in its bottler Naturalaqua Group early this year. more

04.16.2013

Romaqua Group, the bottler of the Borsec mineral water, accounts for 38% of the total mineral water production in Romania, three times more than its main rival, Coca-Cola HBC Romania (Dorna), more

02.04.2013

Mineral water consumption increased by about 5% in 2012 after three years of decline, according to the estimates of Adrian Feru, research manager of Romania’s National Company of Mineral Waters more

12.14.2012

Romanian mineral resources agency ANRM estimates it will collect royalties amounting to EUR24.3 million in the next 20 years from five companies which exploit natural mineral water, clay and diorite more

10.19.2012

Sales of mineral water could see a single-digit increase this year, ollowing several years of decline, according to Adrian Feru, research and development manager of the National Company of Mineral more

09.18.2012

Romania’s mineral water producers saw their sales up 8% on year in the first eight months of 2012, driven by the hot weather this summer and the increased interest in a healthy lifestyle among local more

01.16.2012

Violeta Moraru, who together with husband Valerii Moraru controls mineral waters business Azuga Waters, says she expects a 50% growth for the company's sales this year, after a doubling in 2011. more

11.10.2011

Carbonated soft drinks, mineral water and roasted coffee are the products that account for the highest share in Romanians’ food basket, in terms of value and not in terms of consumer basket volume. more

10.18.2011

Bottled water consumption will rebound next year, but it will not be anything spectacular, just a 3% to 5% increase, considering the market is already showing signs of a thaw-up in 2011, says Camelia more

07.26.2011

Violeta Moraru, who together with husband Valerii Moraru, controls the mineral water business Azuga Waters, says the local market is very competitive and everybody vies with everybody just to get an more

07.20.2011

Dietrich Szilard, deputy general manager with Perla Harghitei, one of the largest mineral water bottlers domestically, says the turnover advance, by around 15% according to ZF calculations, should more

07.14.2011

The heat advisory issued for this period is good news for at least 20 beverage industry managers, with over EUR1.5 billion sales, given that beer and soft drink sales spike in such contexts. more