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The National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest (hosting entity) and the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, alongside a consortium of academic, research, and industry partners, are set to build the first AI Factory in Romania, the country’s first national Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
Romania's economy inched 0.3% higher in unadjusted data and grew by 2.3% in seasonally adjusted data in the second quarter (Q2) of 2025 compared to the second quarter of 2024, provisional estimates (2) from the country's statistical office INS showed on Friday (October 10).
Romania's trade balance posted a deficit of EUR21.94 billion in January-August 2025, higher by 4.9% (+EUR1.024 billion) than the level recorded in the same interval of 2024, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Friday (October 10).
Caress Society, active on the cosmetics import and wholesale market, is also entering production, building a plant in Filipestii de Targ, Prahova county.
Merlins Beverages, a company that has in its portfolio brands such as Vitamin Aqua and Pop Cola, is readying to complete by 2026 an EUR50 million investment in a new plant.
OMV Petrom, Romania’s sole oil and gas producer, in the third quarter of 2025 registered total hydrocarbon output of around 105 thousand boe per day, a leap from 102 thousand boe/day in the second quarter of the year, but below the level of Q3/2024, of 107 thousand boe/day.
Fast food chain Fryday, established by Lucian Florea from Suceava, is entering the distribution market and will be a direct importer of American Martin's buns, a well-known product in the "burger world."
Bacau-based Simba Invest, one of the largest distributors of fast-moving consumer goods in Romania, posted about RON831.9 million (EUR167.2 million) revenue in 2024, down slightly, by 0.5% in lei, compared with 2023’s RON836.6 million (EUR169.1 million), according to ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Steel plant Liberty Galati has received four bids, two of which for tolling (raw material processing) from Germany’s Steel Mont and a company in Türkiye, and two for buying assets.
Chemical fertilizer wholesaler Solarex Impex, held by entrepreneurs Maria Luciana Turna, Leonard Mugurel Stoica and Maria Stoica, ended 2024 with a turnover of RON260.8 million (EUR52.4 million), up 10.5% from RON235.9 million (EUR47.7 million) reported in 2023, in line with calculations by Ziarul Financiar (ZF) daily based on finance ministry data.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a EUR25 million loan to Patria Bank to support Romanian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and Mid-Caps, per a press statement.
The Romanian management consulting market is poised to grow by nearly 7% annually over the next decade, amid accelerated digital transformation, cost optimization pressure and a growing need for organizational efficiency, according to Horváth, a global management consulting company active in the Romanian market since 2005.
Romanian retail sales fell 4.0% month-on-month in August 2025 and, excluding the pandemic lockdown period, this is the largest monthly drop since the 2009-10 crisis, according to a survey by ING Bank.
More than 119,500 housing units were sold across Romania in January-September 2025, down only 0.3% compared to the same period of 2024, reveals a report by real estate consultancy SVN Romania based on official statistics of the National Agency for Cadaster and Land Registration.
Modern retail has increasingly focused lately on small and medium-sized cities, as localities with below 50,000 inhabitants have a modern commercial space stock of around 70 square meters per 1.000 inhabitants, a value that is 2 to 11 times lower than in the other countries of the CEE-6 group (Bulgaria, Czechia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary), according to Colliers.
The OTC drug and food supplement market ended the first eight months of 2025 with a 2% increase in volume, but an 11% advance in value and is set to end the year with 2-3% annual growth supported by VAT hike, estimates Liviu Ungureanu, general manager of PlantExtrakt.
Marigab Com of Turceni, Gorj county, controlled by local entrepreneurs, specialized in food retail, has started building the EUR8 million hotel near Turceni with Just Transition money.
Oyl Company Holding, an Ialomita County road construction company owned by entrepreneur Corneliu Dragomir, posted RON264.8 million (EUR53.2 million) revenue in 2024, down 13.2% from the previous year’s RON305.2 million (EUR61.7 million), according to ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Interpork Plus, which sells meat and meat preparations, part of the Carmistin group owned by the Paraschiv family, posted RON414.6 million (EUR83.3 million) revenue in 2024, down 27.4% from the previous year’s RON571.7 million (EUR115.6 million), according to ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Family Market, the convenience retail concept of the IULIUS group, has entered into a partnership with the hypermarket Kaufland for the project under development in Tomesti, near Iasi (Iasi County), which entails a total investment of EUR28 million.18948 items