AFI Properties of Israel is acquiring MAS’ retail parks in Ploiesti, Zalau, Roman, Baia Mare, Sfantu Gheorghe, and Barlad. MAS is shifting its strategy, seeking to partially exit the real estate sector and the markets where it currently operates.
MR.DIY, one of Asia’s largest home and lifestyle retailers, has opened its first store in Bucharest, in the GRAND ARENA Shopping Mall, thus marking a new phase in its expansion in Romania.
Romania’s industrial sales (on the domestic and external markets) dropped in the first three months of the year, in nominal terms, by 2.1%, in the wake of declines registered in the mining industry, by 4.5%, and the processing one, by 2%, in line with the country’s statistics office INS.
Nuclearelectrica, Romania’s sole nuclear power producer, for the first quarter of 2026 reported RON887.8 million individual net profit, 72.8% higher than in the similar period of 2025.
Sphera Franchise Group, the operator of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, in the first quarter of 2026 posted RON378 million sales, up 4.2%, and RON5.4 million net profit, down 30%, amid rising operating costs and the expansion process.
Chemicals producer Chimcomplex reported a RON48.1 million net loss in the first quarter of 2026 after a 22.7% turnover decline and as sold volumes dropped by a third.
Banca Transilvania ended the first quarter of 2026 with consolidated net profit of RON1.14 billion, up 30.1% from the year-earlier period amid rising interest and fee revenues.
The Romanian subsidiary of German software giant SAP has for the first time crossed the RON700 million turnover threshold and the 1,000-employee one.
Alka Trading Co, a leading snacks producer locally, for 2025 reported turnover worth RON590.1 million (EUR117 million), up 8.1% from 2024, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.