Romania's manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), calculated by Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), dropped to 47.2 points in November 2025, from 47.6 points in October 2025, according to Austria's banking group Erste, owner of lender BCR in Romania.
FEPRA, a Romanian group of integrated services for the circular economy, has inaugurated two PET and glass recycling factories in Brad (Hunedoara County), which are expected to create 56 new jobs in the area.
The unemployment rate in Romania stood at 5.9% in October 2025, based on the seasonally adjusted Eurostat data for October, placing the country below the EU average, which stood at 6.0% for the same month, stable versus September 2025 and up from 5.8% in October 2024.
Romania's Competition Council has given green light to the notified acquisition of Agritehnica Service S.R.L. by Mewi Import Export Agrar Industrietechnik S.R.L.
Communication and brand marketing agency Graffiti Plus (GRF+) has signed a contract through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) to fund the company’s listing on the AeRO market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending up to EUR29.9 million to the city of Brasov to finance energy efficiency upgrades in public buildings, initiating the city’s participation in the Bank’s flagship EBRD Green Cities program.
The Cris-Tim Family Holding (stock symbol: CFH), the leader in the cold cuts and ready-meals markets and one of the largest companies operating in the agri-food sector in Romania, benefits from the Issuer Market Maker (IMM) services provided by BRK Financial Group (BRK), starting December 2, 2025.
The number of insolvencies and bankruptcies is rising, shows an analysis by Sierra Quadrant, marking the end of the “cheap money” era and the onset of a tough consolidation period, after years of artificial stability and state aid.
Aquila, a leading player in the FMCG sector in Romania and the region, has signed with ELI Parks to lease an 8,900-sqm space in ELI Parks Bacau.
Electroputere Craiova has put a 37-ha land plot belonging to the former industrial platform up for sale and real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield Echinox has been designated as the exclusive consultant for the deal.
Law firm Filip & Company legally assisted Banca Transilvania Financial Group in completing the acquisition of BRD SAFPP, which administers the privately managed Pillar II pension fund.
Romanian lighting equipment wholesaler Elbi Electric & Lighting, controlled by businessman Cristinel Sandu, in 2024 registered turnover worth RON298 million (EUR80 million), up 3.5% from 2023, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Paper products manufacturer Pehart Group for 2024 reported turnover worth RON800.8 million (around EUR161 million), down 1.3% from 2023, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Gral Medical, a leading healthcare provider in Romania, has new projects for the next three years, until 2029, but is also looking at new services, according to the company’s representatives.