Ford Otosan Romania, the company that manufactures automobiles at the Craiova plant in southern Romania, has published its annual report for 2023, showing lower results compared to the previous year in terms of turnover.
The car plant in Craiova registered revenues of RON 13.6 billion (EUR 2.74 billion) in 2023 from car sales, a decrease of 1.7% compared to the previous year. The main reason is the halt in production of the EcoSport model due to the start of modernization of the production...
Romanian prime minister Marcel Ciolacu stated during an interview on Thursday, October 17, that Romania will surely join the Schengen Area with its land borders this year. Ciolacu blamed the delays in joining the border-free area on his predecessor and current competitor for the position of president of Romania, liberal leader Nicolae Ciuca. "We have […]
Italian group Artsana SpA decided to close down in November the factory it operates in northeast Romania, in Botoşani, according to documents consulted by Economica. It employs 261 people there and produces parts for the global group Chicco. The...
Zalakerámia, a Hungarian ceramic tile maker part of the Austrian group Lasselsberger, is considering moving some production facilities from Hungary to Romania, most likely to Cluj, where the Austrian group already owns production facilities, Profit...
The Polish electronic recycling group Polish Elemental Holding entered the Romanian market by taking over an 80% stake in the small-sized local player, ACC Recycling Services. It also announced it is developing a EUR 20 million factory in Deva, according to Ziarul Financiar. The project is partly financed...
Two Romanian electricity utility companies, Electrica (BVB: El) and Renovatio Trading, will receive EUR 6.4 million in grants under a EUR 103 million scheme financed under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) to develop power storage capacities of 130MWh. The Romanian electricity distributor and supplier Electrica (BVB: EL) will receive EUR 3.4 million for […]
The new European Commission must come up with "a much more sustainable approach for the car industry" because otherwise, in the next two years, a large number of jobs will be lost, Romanian prime minister Marcel Ciolacu said on October 17. The Romanian prime minister emphasized that the engine of the European economy is this […]
