Reporter
Catalina Apostoiu
- Fields
- Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
- Writing for ZF since
- 2011
- Articles
- 1.264
Adria And Frutti Fresh, The Only Romanian Brands Battling Giants Coca-Cola And Pepsi On Romania’s Soft Carbonated Drinks Market
Adria and Frutti Fresh, owned by European Drinks, the company of Micula brothers of Bihor, kept close to Coca-Cola and Pepsi in 2014 as well in terms of volumes sold on the local market of s...
Sue Clark, Managing Director SABMiller Europe: I Have Seen Vibrant Pubs And Restaurants In Romania. The Worst Is Over
The trend of pubs and restaurants closing across Europe as a result of lifestyle changes and smoking bans was accelerated by the challenging economic conditions. The trend has been visible i...
Petrom Weaknesses: The Factors That Wiped Out RON2.8B From The Profit Of Romania’s Biggest Company In 4 Years
Litigation with the thousands of employees who left the company, the lower-than-expected results of some investments and the failure of some exploration and production projects were the elem...
Lazar Group Ends 2014 With Profit Of Above EUR2M
Pitesti-based group Lazar, one of Romania’s biggest entrepreneurial businesses in the field of freight transport, ended last year with revenue of EUR90 million, slightly down on the year, bu...
Head Of CFA Institute On The Shadow Banking System, Future Of Banks And The European Banking Union
The expansion of the shadow banking system comes as a reaction to the global financial crisis and to restrictions imposed on banks and it cannot said to be good or bad, but a necessity and t...
India’s Giant Wipro Makes Hydraulic Cylinders For Car Industry In Valcea; Over 85% Of Output Goes Abroad
India’s giant Wipro invested EUR5 million to expand the hydraulic cylinder plant it took over in Ramnicu-Valcea in February 2013.
Dacia Head: Romania Needs More Flagship Companies To Grow, The Mioveni Plant Cannot Be The Only One
The local economy needs several leading companies, top performers in their field, which should also be known internationally, to support the country’s exports and image, in the context where...
U.S. Mylan Becomes 20th Largest Pharmaceutical Company In Romania After Abbott Acquisition
U.S. pharmaceutical company Mylan, which was not directly present in Romania, gained the 20th position in the local pharma players’ ranking after the acquisition of Abbott drug division outs...
A Romanian Paves The Way For Merger Between Giants Lafarge And Holcim
Romanian Marcel Cobuz, former CEO of the subsidiaries of Indonesia and Iraq of French cement producer Lafarge, and one of the promoters of BVB development, is handling the pre-integration of...
Bucharest Hotel Occupancy Rate Rises To 63% In 2014
The average occupancy rate of Bucharest hotels rose by 9.3% last year, to 63%, with the Romanian capital city boasting one of the biggest increases of this indicator among ten states of sout...
McDonald’s Sells Romanian Operations To Russian Entrepreneur
U.S. giant McDonald’s, a symbol of American capitalism, has sold its Romanian business to a Russian entrepreneur who will thus take over the master franchise of the almost 70 restaurants wit...
Romania Still Holds Oil Reserves Of Above $200B
Romania’s underground still conceals over $200 billion worth of oil, even after 150 years of production, but increased competition, through the emergence of several small players, is needed...