Aerostar Bacau posted a slight increase in net profit, to 47.36 million RON, after the first half of this year, and a turnover of 292.83 million RON, according to the company's first half report, sent to the Bucharest Stock Exchange on Wednesday."From the turnover of 292,833 thousand RON achieved in the first semester of 2024, the company sold products and services on the domestic market of 52,606 thousand RON, and on the foreign market of 240,227 thousand RON equivalent. Between January 1 and June 30, 2024, the trend was maintained on the rise for the maintenance of civil aircraft as a result of the increase in work requests for the 2 types of aircraft for which Aerostar has authorizations. Regarding the comparative evolution of sales on the outlet markets, Aerostar recorded an upward trend for exports in Europe," the document reads.At the end of the first semester of 2024, Aerostar realized and put into operation investments worth 12.56 million RON.At the end of June, the company had 1,844 employees. The significant shareholders of the company are Iarom S.A. Bucharest (71.5%) and Evergent Investments S.A. Bacau (15.2%).Aerostar manufactures aviation products, repairs and modernizes airplanes, produces and integrates aero and land systems with civil applications or in the field of defense and security.The company, founded in 1953, has been a wholly owned private company since 2000, with shares traded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange since 1998.
Romania was formally designated the 43rd country to join the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP) on Friday, January 10. According to the Romanian ambassador to Washington, Andrei Muraru, Romanian citizens will be able to travel to the US without the need for a visa starting March 31, 2025. "Romania becomes the first country in the […]
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Romania's Sibiu County Emergency Clinical Hospital will receive a robotic system to prepare cytostatic drugs needed by cancer patients, along with other equipment, after the County Council obtained funds from the European Regional Development Fund. With an estimated value of EUR 1 million, the "Robotic Composition System for Sterile Preparations of Cytostatic Drugs" is among […]
Romania’s government adopted in its January 10 meeting a decision granting an extra day off to public sector employees at the beginning of May. Thus, Friday, May 2, will be an official day off for public sector workers, linking the legal holiday of May 1 (Labor Day) with the weekend (May 3-4). This...
The Ministry of Environment announced that 2024 was the hottest year in the history of Romania's meteorological records. Red alerts for heat waves began in June of 2024, with the longest consecutive periods of persistent and intense heat waves, six consecutive days, between July 13-18 and August 15-20. "The year 2024 is the hottest year...
Supporters of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu gathered outside the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, which houses the Constitutional Court, on January 10, demanding a rerun of the second round of the presidential elections. The protest, dubbed "The Great Judicial Union," was initiated by Georgescu, who called on his supporters to challenge the election annulment, as […]
