Farmaciile Bajan, a 28-unit network present in Valcea, Arges and Bucharest, topped RON100 million in turnover in 2022 after an over 17% increase from 2021. Plans envisage further expansion.
Romanian brokerage company Investimental, controlled by entrepreneur Sacha Dragic, the founder of sports betting group Superbet, has officially entered the local capital market on Monday (July 24).
BRD Asset Management, the investment management company of BRD Groupe Société Générale, has launched its first fund that promotes environmental and social characteristics and tracks good governance practices (ESG), as per a press statement.
German-held manufacturer of household appliance components EMZ Hanauer, whose customer list includes Electrolux, Miele, Samsung and Haier, has completed work on its plant in Resita, Romania, thus starting local operations.
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON654.1 million from banks on Monday (July 24), selling government paper maturing in April 2031, at an annual average yield of 6.44%.
Private lending in Romania grew 6.4% in nominal terms (-3.5% in real terms) in June 2023 versus June 2022 to RON375 billion, central bank data showed on Monday (July 24).
The Romanian capital market grew by 10% in the first six months of 2023, taking into account the BET-TR index, which also includes dividends.
Law firm Musat & Asociatii advised China’s Geely Holding Group and Geely Automobile Holdings Limited on the Romanian legal matters of a joint venture agreement with the Renault Groupe for a new powertrain company, which aims to become world leader in next generation hybrid and highly efficient power train solutions in the years to come.
Build Corp Prefabricate, a Iasi-based company that built most of the real estate projects developed by Iulius Group, boosted its turnover almost three times in 2022, up to RON255 million, as per the latest data released by the finance ministry.
A survey carried out by E.ON in 2022 shows that 28% of miniature block-type thermal power stations in use in Romania are older than ten years and should be replaced with energy efficient ones.
Car parts manufacturer Coindu Romania, part of Portuguese group Coindu, returned to profit in 2022, reporting a net result of RON16.5 million (EUR3.3 million) from a net loss of RON748,307 (EUR152,000) in 2021, as per publicly available data.
Housing in Romania's major cities has been getting more expensive overall, but encouragingly has reached record affordability levels, as the need for new homes far outstrips supply, while mortgage lending declined and no longer provided support for transactions, a report by Kiwi Finance, Romania's leading loan broker, shows.
Dent Estet, the largest player in the dental market in Romania by revenue, has invested a total of EUR12 million over the last seven years, from 2016 to 2023, and the number of clinics has reached 18 in the period.
Personal net worth in Romania rose at an annual rate of 10.5% in the past five years, to $200 billion and is expects to continue to growth by around 7% by 2027, overshooting the growth rate of Eastern Europe, as well as the global one, reveals the Global Wealth Report drawn up by management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
Real estate developer Impact Developer&Contractor announced it got the construction authorization for Greenfield Copou residential project of Iasi, where it is set to develop 1062 apartments in 26 buildings on a 50,200-sqm area. The project is worth EUR175 million, according to the company.
Omnia Capital, which took over Dumagas freight forwarder, is continuing acquisitions in the transport sector, but also looking at the logistics field, explains Matei Ladea, co-founder and partner at the company.
Bacau-based Simba Invest, a major consumer goods wholesaler in Romania, in 2022 generated turnover worth around RON666.7 million (EUR135.2 million), up 16% from the previous year, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
City Grill group, particularly known for the restaurant network it operates, plans to invest EUR10 million this year, with the money mainly aimed at the development of three boutique hotels.
TeraSteel, a company part of Irish group Kingspan, aims to reach RON396 million turnover in 2023, up 4% from last year.
Vimercati East Europe, which makes electromechanical and electronic components in a factory in Bacau County, posted RON328.4 million (EUR66.6 million) revenue in 2022, down 2% from the previous year’s RON335.1 million (EUR68.1 million), according to calculations made by ZF based on Finance Ministry data.