Poland’s Scallier, one of the most dynamic investors in small and middle-sized retail parks, contracted EUR8 million funding from OTP Bank Romania for the construction of Turda-based retail project Funshop Park, set to comprise around 9,000 square meters of commercial space built on a 24,000-sqm land plot.
Petrom shareholders, including Austria’s OMV (51%), Energy Ministry (20.6%), as well as Pillar II private fund pensions and Fondul Proprietatea, on Wednesday approved paying investors RON1.9 billion from 2021 profit, this being a record high sum Petrom distributes to shareholders.
Romania’s business managers for April-June forecast moderate activity growth in the processing industry, retail trade and services, in parallel with a steep price increase in industry, constructions and retail trade, while the number of employees in industry, constructions and services will stay relatively stable, showed a survey by Romania’s statistics board.
Farmaceutica Remedia, a major player on Romania’s pharma market, generated RON472.8 million revenues, up over 7% from the previous year, with the drug distribution unit as the main business driver.
Laurentiu Ciocirlan, managing partner of investment fund EquiLiant Capital created by Paval brothers, the owners of Dedeman, Romania’s most powerful entrepreneurial business, states the fund wants to reach a number of six-seven companies in its investment portfolio.
Belgium’s logistic developer WDP is building a warehouse in Timisoara for an Austrian company that has recently arrived in Romania, Bulung, in line with the group’s latest report.
Lithuania’s Apex Alliance group, controlled by several Lithuanian entrepreneurs, owning five hotels in Romania, posted 20-25% higher turnover in February and March along the entire chain from the same period of last year, according to the company’s officials.
ROCA Investments reached a valuation of RON247.5 million (over EUR50 million) this year, more than double the value in 2018, RON102 million.
This year’s leader in the ranking of most valuable Romanian brands is eMAG, valued at EUR1.02 billion, an increase of 29%. It beat Dacia for the first time, which dropped 28% to EUR815 million, shows the latest report of Brand Finance, a global independent brand valuation and strategy firm.