German-held discount retailer Lidl, the leader of the modern retail in Romania by sales, almost RON22 billion in 2023, will have a new chief executive officer as of September, José Alberto Chueca Val.
Private lending in Romania rose in May 2024 by 5.7% from the year-earlier period, to RON393.5 billion, after local currency loans posted a 7.6% increase and foreign currency ones a 1.6% advance, in line with BNR data.
Consulting company Premier Hospitality is taking over the management of Ramada hotel of Sibiu, in a lease-type system for a 20-year period.
Fiber optic cable producer Romcab Targu Mures has announced Austrian group Meinhart Kabel Oestereich GmbH filed a bankruptcy request against the company with Mures Specialized Tribunal.
International fashion retailer Primark will open a store in Iulius Town, the mixed-use complex developed by Iulius in Timisoara, on August 7.
FF Ventures, an independent power producer of Spain, has arrived on Romania’s market, where it will develop, in the next three years, 500 MW of solar projects and 500 MW of energy storage ones.
Romania’s two car plants, Automobile Dacia and Ford Otosan, in the first five months of 2024 churned out 246,346 units, up 8% from the year-earlier period, in line with data provided by the country’s carmakers association ACAROM.
Intrarom, an IT&C solution integrator and telecom equipment producer, in 2023 posted higher turnover, but its net profit and headcount shrank.
Faurecia Romania, the local subsidiary of French giant Faurecia, for 2023 reported turnover worth RON1.6 billion (EUR324.8 million), 23.5% higher than in 2022, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Upholstered furniture manufacturer Polipol, owned by the German group of the same name, in 2023 generated net profit of RON10.2 million (over EUR2 million), 2.5 times higher than in 2022.
Beko Romania, the former Arctic, the largest electrical home appliances producer locally, for 2023 reported turnover worth RON3.4 billion (EUR685 million), around 10% lower than in 2022. However, the company switched to profit, of RON96 million (EUR20 million), after two years in the red.
Myosotis brand, which has 146 pharmacies across several counties, reached RON385 million turnover in 2023, a figure comprising three companies the pharma retailer operates.