“We’re constantly seeking specialists, having around 30 open positions at present,” says Ovidiu Pascutiu, general manager of Saint-Gobain Romania.
Walter Friedl, managing partner of wine producer Lacerta, expects the company’s 2021 turnover to be flat from 2020. Last year, turnover hit RON4,9 million, down 24% year-on-year.
Theta Furniture & More, one of the biggest players on Romania’s furniture and interior design market, will open an office in Brussels in 2022, with Paris to also be included in its expansion plans.
Appraisal & Valuation (APP.RO), a real estate consulting, valuation and development business and one of the companies that recently debuted on the local stock exchange, announced on Friday that investor Marius Alexe surpassed the 5% threshold of its voting rights on November 26, so he now owns 5.03% or 64,830 shares.
Carbochim (CBC.RO) is preparing the site in Cluj for a future real estate development; the site is now used by one its plants, which is to be relocated.
The sale of Frigotehnica, a manufacturer of refrigeration solutions, to VINCI Energies, the Romanian holding company of VINCI, a global construction and energy group, was finalized on Friday after receiving all approvals from the Competition Council, ROCA Investments announced.
National natural gas transmission company Transgaz (TGN.RO) signed on Thursday a 12-year RON220 million loan agreement with Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) on Thursday, an announcement on the Bucharest Stock Exchange shows.
Electronics retailer Flanco is further expanding its store network and is opening two new units, in Arad and Barlad, in the wake of RON1.5 million investments, reaching 160 units located in 112 cities.
Bento – Intellectually Curious, a Romanian entrepreneurial company specialized in developing and implementing software solutions and providing IT and Cloud infrastructure services, raised RON5.6 million from investors in the wake of a private placement closed on the very first day of the offering.
Holde Agri Invest, a Romanian company operating farmland, reported consolidated turnover worth RON46.8 million in the first nine months of this year, up 78% from the year-earlier period, and net profit of RON2.6 million, up 77%.
Romania’s bike industry has grown almost tenfold in 10 years. Over 1,700 people in 2020 manufactured RON1.3 billion worth of bikes, in line with a ZF analysis based on Trade Registry data.