Sebastian Bobu, executive manager of paving stone manufacturer Symmetrica, estimates the company ended 2021 with a 10% turnover increase against 2020, when it reported RON162.2 revenues and profit worth RON17.1 million.
The Board of Directors of the Romanian National Air Transport Company Tarom has decided to change the CEO, so Catalin Radu Prunariu will be replaced by Mihaita Ursu, who returns to the helm of the company.
The Board of Directors of Impact Developer & Contractor (IMP.RO), a real estate developer controlled by entrepreneur Gheorghe Iaciu, has decided to increase its share capital through a private placement on the stock exchange, offering for subscription a maximum of 350 million shares at a price of RON0.7 per unit.
Catalin Samara, chief operating officer and e-commerce director, as well as executive board member of Carrefour Romania, on Monday became director of Bringo International, in charge with overseeing the international operations of the personal shopping and delivery service.
Romanians in 2021 spent around EYR4.5 billion on refrigerators, TV sets, IT products, office staples or vacuum cleaners, with the market further witnessing sustained growth in the second pandemic year as people spent more time at home and invested in their own homes.
Mondelez International wound up the acquisition of Chipita Global, one of the biggest producers of croissants and baked snacks in Central and Eastern Europe, a $2 billion deal. Amid the deal, Mondelez and Chipita will create the first RON1 billion company in Romania’s confectionery industry.
Florin Enache, founder of jewelry chain Teilor, which has reached a network of around 60 stores on four markets of Central and Eastern Europe, believes foreign expansion is undoubtedly a winning move.
Mircea Turdean, general manager of Farmec Cluj, the biggest local producer of cosmetics, expects the company’s turnover to return into the black this year after a several percentage drop in 2021 and profit to be similar with the level of 2020, the company’s best year.
Elit, a major producer of cold cuts in Romania, with RON620 million turnover and RON55 million profit in 2020, managed to maintain its profitability level in 2021 as well by boosting sales amid tough market conditions, according to the company’s representatives.