Romania's three-month ROBOR index, the interbank interest rate used as a reference to calculate variable interests for loans in lei taken out before May 2019, grew to 2.66% a year on Monday (November 29) from 2.63% a year on Friday (Nov 26), per central bank data.
Ion Bican, managing officer of CER Cleaning Equipment, the company operating the production of Germany’s Karcher domestically, says the company is set to end 2021 with EUR110 million.
Corporate Office Solutions (COS), specializing in turnkey office interiors, will enter the segment of custom made furniture production through a possible acquisition as the company wants to tap into the housing segment of the real estate market, as well as international markets, explained Christophe Weller, founder and CEO of COS.
Sanitary ware manufacturer Cersanit expects 2021 turnover to rise by over 20% against 2020.
“We’re constantly seeking specialists, having around 30 open positions at present,” says Ovidiu Pascutiu, general manager of Saint-Gobain Romania.
Walter Friedl, managing partner of wine producer Lacerta, expects the company’s 2021 turnover to be flat from 2020. Last year, turnover hit RON4,9 million, down 24% year-on-year.
Theta Furniture & More, one of the biggest players on Romania’s furniture and interior design market, will open an office in Brussels in 2022, with Paris to also be included in its expansion plans.
Appraisal & Valuation (APP.RO), a real estate consulting, valuation and development business and one of the companies that recently debuted on the local stock exchange, announced on Friday that investor Marius Alexe surpassed the 5% threshold of its voting rights on November 26, so he now owns 5.03% or 64,830 shares.
Carbochim (CBC.RO) is preparing the site in Cluj for a future real estate development; the site is now used by one its plants, which is to be relocated.