12.12.2014

The decline in soft drinks and bottled water consumption over the last few years continued in 2014, and the bad weather caused sales slump even for the largest companies on the market, as well as more

10.23.2014

“At the moment local output, both of Romanian producers and of foreign investors, regains its well-deserved position in the local economy, then Romania will achieve economic growth of 5%,” said more

09.03.2014

UTI Grup has been awarded contract of RON17 million plus VAT (EUR3.9 million) to build three waste-water purging stations in Mehedinti county southwestern Romania, the company announced Wednesday. 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

04.23.2014

La Fantana, Romania’s leading bottled water wholesaler, wants to climb onto the second position in the ranking of companies operating on this segment in CEE in five years, says Cristian Amza, more

02.17.2014

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will lend EUR11.8 million to water utility Apa Canal 2000 to co-finance upgrades on water and sewage systems in Arges county, Romania. 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

12.24.2013

French-held Apa Nova will increase tariffs for drinking water and sewerage services by nearly 5% starting January, 2014, the equivalent of 0.28 lei (EUR0.06) per cubic meter, which means one cubic 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

10.14.2013

Coca-Cola, Borsec and Frutti Fresh were the best-selling soft drink brands last year (including bottled mineral water). The three hold an over 28% share of the market by volume, shows a ZF analysis more

10.07.2013

Romanian Environment Minister Rovana Plumb and Bucharest mayor Sorin Oprescu signed Monday a EUR258 million contract financing the completion of a waste water treatment station in Glina, near the more

09.10.2013

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan worth 57 million lei (EUR13.6 million) to co-finance a Romanian EU-funded regional investment program of EUR150.28 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

06.11.2013

Romanian insolvent state-owned hydropower producer Hidroelectrica must release water at its power station Portile de Fier 2, as the Danube River flow exceeds the power station’s technical capacity, 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

03.17.2013

Romania’s energy potential from geothermal sources could be evaluated at about EUR1.5 billion, based on the data on investments accomplished up to date and the most recent studies in the field. more

02.19.2013

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering providing up to EUR9.2 million to co-finance investments in water infrastructure upgrades by SC Hidroprahova SA, a regional 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