Agroland Agribusness (AAB.RO), a Romanian entrepreneurial business, part of Agroland group, specializing in the sale of farming inputs, ended the first quarter of this year with operating revenue worth RON15.9 million, up 86% from the same period of last year, RON1.5 million EBITDA, up 201%, and net profit worth RON0.84 million, 110% higher than in 1Q/2021.
Freight carrier World Mediatrans of Timis, one of the most dynamic companies in this field, founded in 1997 by Gabriel Lungu, with 23 offices locally and logistic warehouses in Budapest, Barcelona and Bratislava, ended the first three months of this year with 15% higher turnover than in the corresponding period of last year.
Duvenbeck Logistik, one of the largest transport and logistic companies in Romania, for 2021 reported turnover worth RON366.5 million (EUR74.5 million), up 12.4% year-on-year, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Grain trader Promat Comimpex of Tasnad, Satu Mare, controlled by Swiss group Ameropa and by entrepreneur Cristian Moldovan, in 2021 generated net profit worth RON43.3 million (EUR8.8 million), up 31% from the previous year.
Bookstore chain Carturesti, controlled by Nicoleta Dumitru and Serban Radu, in the first quarter of 2022 saw sales rise by 20% from the same period of last year.
Farmaciile Myosotis, one of the strongest regional pharmacy brands, reached turnover worth RON243 million (EUR49 million) in 2021, up 9% from 2020.
Nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica (SNN.RO), small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) technology provider NuScale and the E-Infra group of companies on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of the first SMR reactor in Romania on the site of the former Doicesti thermal power plant, in Dambovita County.
Farmec, one of the largest Romanian companies, is investing EUR500,000 in the relaunch of its brand of the same name and the funds will go towards research, design and communication.
Romania's public debt will be nearing 73% of GDP within ten years, in 2032, under the baseline scenario, from just above 50% of GDP currently, as per the debt sustainability analysis carried out by the European Commission in the Semester Report on the country's economy.
Austria’s Uniqa Group, which owns in Romania general insurance division Uniqa Asigurari and life insurance division Uniqa Asigurari de Viata, ended the first three months of 2022 with gross underwritings of EUR27 million, up 7% from the same period in 2021, in line with data provided by Uniqa representatives.
Romania’s natural gas transmission company Transgaz (TGN.RO) on Tuesday said it concluded a roadmap agreement with The Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund S.A. SICAV-RAIF (3SIIF), a dedicated commercial fund targeting infrastructure investments in Central and Eastern Europe, to collaborate on the construction of planned greenfield gas infrastructure in Romania.
Accor hotel group on Tuesday said it would open a Mercure hotel in Alba Iulia (central Romania), in the second quarter of 2024.