Clariant, a Swiss sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, has announced on Dec 6 its decision to shut down its Romanian bioethanol factory in Podari (Dolj County) amid ongoing losses which no longer justify continued production.
Automotive component manufacturer Preh Romania, a supplier for Porsche, Mercedes and Tesla, posted EUR195 million revenue in the first nine months of this year and expects to end 2023 with EUR260 million revenue, the company said.
Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased 1.8% in unadjusted data and grew by 1.4% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, in October 2023 compared to October 2022, data from the country’s statistics institute INS showed on Wednesday (December 6).