“The antitrust watchdog assessed the economic concentration operation in terms of its compatibility with the normal competitive environment and found it poses no significant obstacles in terms of actual competition on the Romanian market, or on a significant part of it, especially by creating or consolidating a dominant position.”
Arcon Membrane SRL operates in the field of hydro-insulation materials.
Sika Group has been operating in Romania since 2002 and has two production units locally: one factory is located in Brasov and manufacturers concrete adhesives, and the other one is located in Capusu Mare (Cluj County) and manufacturers mortar and special adhesives for constructions.
The factory in Brasov has a production capacity of 10,000 tons a year and that in Cluj manufactures 50,000 tons of mortar and adhesives a year, for both the industrial and residential sectors.
The company almost doubled its turnover in Romania in the last five years, reporting nearly RON160 million (EUR35 million) in 2018, according to ZF calculations based on company and Finance Ministry data.
Sika Group has subsidiaries in 101 countries worldwide and over 200 production units.