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Investor fails to restore operations at Romania's sugar factory Bod

March 4, 2025

Local entrepreneur Mihaela Neagu, who in 2022, through the investment vehicle Best Achiziții, took over the ailing sugar factory Bod in Brasov county (central Romania), reportedly failed to restore operations at the facility and will use the land for a real estate project instead, according to

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