The US-based Greenbrier company, which owns three wagon factories in Romania, announced that it is closing its production unit in Arad. “Due to the difficult and accelerating challenges in the local market, Greenbrier Romania intends to cease its production operations, carried out at the Arad factory. This decision was influenced by several factors, including increasing pressures from the industry, increasing operational costs compared to other factories, but also logistical constraints related to the age of the unit and the urban environment,“ the company announced in a press release. “Greenbrier Romania will continue to consolidate its production operations at the Caracal and Drobeta Turnu Severin factories. This strategic realignment reinforces Greenbrier’s long-term commitment to the railcar production line in Romania. The company intends to continue investing in these work units to support their long-term development. Existing orders will be fulfilled from these locations, and procurement and logistics strategies will be adjusted according to needs,” the company’s announcement continues. The company also has a production unit in Caracal, Olt County and Drobeta-Turnu-Severin, Mehedinti County. In addition to the factories in Romania, Greenbrier Europe also owns three factories in Poland and one in Turkey. Greenbrier Companies is an American publicly traded transportation manufacturing corporation headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States. The company acquired 75% of the shares of Astra Rail Industries, which operated the Arad railcar factory, for 60 million euros.
In the context in which agri-food systems are responsible for almost one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, Auchan Romania assumes an active role in the transition of its supply chain toward a more sustainable model. At the second edition of the Climate Supplier Event, organized under the aegis of the Climate Change Summit, the […]
Janiva Magness, the winner of seven Blues Music Awards following 26 nominations, and nominated for a Grammy for a career spanning 17 albums, is set to perform at the 14th edition of the Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival, which will take place between August 14–16, 2026. Magness is one of the most valuable and influential […]
Auction house Artmark announced a major auction for this winter featuring an engraving created by Francisco Goya, the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Romania's late communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu received this gift from King Juan Carlos I as a gesture of diplomacy. The engraving entitled “The Engagement – Capricho […]
Authorities managing Romania's Bicaz Gorges–Hășmaș National Park has built a fish ladder system on the Bicaz River, which will allow protected species to migrate and reproduce. There are several bridges and small bridge structures in the Bicaz River that have a “bottom sill,” meaning small waterfalls. Fish that do not jump like the trout cannot […]
The far-right opposition parties in the Romanian Parliament are set to file a motion of no confidence against the government headed by prime minister Ilie Bolojan. The motion, authored by senator Ninel Peia of the Peace – Romania First group, is specifically aimed at the reformist party Save Romania Union (USR), and is entitled “Romania […]
Romania's iconic rock singer Adrian Pleșca, known as “Artan,” died on Tuesday, December 2, after a fatal stroke, at the age of 64. The artist founded the well-known band “Timpuri Noi” in 1982 and “Partizan” in 2001, and was popular on the Romanian rock scene. Over the years, he left and returned to the two bands. Several […]
