The EBRD provided EUR709 million of investments in 32 operations in Romania in 2022, as part of a record EUR13.1 billion at reported rates delivered across the Bank’s regions in 2022.
The biggest number of mergers and acquisitions of 2022 were clinched in the real estate field, with almost 60 of the 157 deals of above EUR5 million reported coming from this area, with a value of over EUR1.7 billion of the estimated market total of EUR6.5-7.5 billion (26%), reveals a Deloitte Romania analysis.
Law firm Schoenherr si Asociatii SCA assisted Nofar Energy with the acquisition of a 73 MW photovoltaic park in Slobozia.
Bioeel, owned by businessman Albert Attila, founding member, and Jean Scheftsik de Szolnok, a French citizen, in 2022 generated turnover worth around RON686.4 million (EUR139.5 million) at group level, up 22% from the previous year, in line with ZF calculations based on company data.
Fashion retailer LPP, owner of five well-known brands such as Reserved, House, Mohito, Cropp and Sinsay, has leased 65,000 square meters of warehouse space in CTPark Bucharest West, the largest logistics park in Central and Eastern Europe serving regional markets.
Building materials manufacturer TeraPlast, controlled by Dorel Goia, is investing around EUR15 million in a new factory and a photovoltaic plant this year.
Dumagas, one of the largest freight forwarders in Romania, controlled by the Bancroft private equity firm, ended last year with EUR37 million in revenue and in the black, after making a loss the previous year, its officials say. This year’s revenue estimate is EUR40 million.
Online shop Complice.ro, which specializes in selling experience-based gifts, managed to exceed its revenue target last year, posting EUR430,000 sales, an increase of 168% on 2021.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with national competent authorities of six EU Member States not part of European banking supervision, Romania’s National Bank announced on Wednesday (Jan 25).
Romania's Finance Ministry on Wednesday (Jan 25) raised RON1.3 billion from banks selling treasury bills maturing in April 2023, at an annual average yield of 6.7%.
Romanian consumers made fewer impulse purchases in 2022, according to an analysis by Limitless Agency, one of the largest digital marketing agencies.
Private lending in Romania grew by 12.1% in nominal terms (-3.6% in real terms) in December 2022 versus December 2021 to RON363.59 billion, as local currency lending increased by 6.6% (+8.4% in real terms) and foreign currency lending expressed in lei by 26.7%, central bank data showed on Wednesday.
Romanian electricity supplier Electrica Furnizare is starting a new partnership with Romanian-held company Fermador that owns poultry farms, a combined feed factory, a slaughterhouse, a state-of-the-art incubation station and a network of 21 stores.
2022 was the year in which employees started to return to the office again, after two years when the remote work was the rule rather than the exception, and the trend is set to be kept.
Liberty Galati, the largest integrated steelworks in Romania, has outlined the digitization and automation projects it will be implementing in 2023.
Three quarters of companies increased their sustainability investments over the past year, out of which 20% say that the allocated resources were significantly higher than in previous years, despite the economic uncertainty and the rise of operational costs, according to the Deloitte CxO Sustainability Report 2023.
F64 Studio, operating Romania’s biggest photo-video equipment retailer, has sealed a partnership with fintech Mokka, a player on the Buy Now Pay Later market of CEE, via which clients can buy products in installments starting late 2022.
Aro Palace Brasov, controlled by Transilvania Investments, is looking for a CEO, as well as a general manager for the hotel of the same name.
Software developer OVES Enterprise saw turnover top EUR6 million in 2022 and for the current year its officials expect turnover to double amid the rising number of projects in the financial and defense industries.