Reporter
Catalina Apostoiu
- Fields
- Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
- Writing for ZF since
- 2011
- Articles
- 1.264
Romania, One Step Away From Having 200,000 Foreign Companies
Foreigners control one third of the 650,000 companies operating in Romania and generate 50% of local business, namely EUR125 billion out of the EUR250 billion registered in 2013, reveals a Z...
“Blue Tongue” Threatens EUR140M Worth Of Livestock Exports From Romania
The blue tongue disease, which has affected almost 1,000 animals in Romania in the past eight months, puts at risk Romania’s livestock exports to the EU, a market where local companies have...
Britain’s Kingfisher Steps Up Bricostore Rebranding Process In Romania
The sales of the first Brico Depot stores that replaced the former Bricostore units of Orhideea and Pantelimon in Bucharest rose by 20%, a reason why the network rebranding process has been...
Siveco New Management Prepares Consistent Strategy
Siveco, Romania’s biggest software producer, has seen its public reputation shattered in one month after the detainment of Irina Socol, its co-founder and chief executive officer, and the li...
Helvetansa Set To Boost Bucharest Sales, Then Mulls Expansion
Helvetansa, the Romanian-Swiss company founded in 1994 and specialized in luxury watch and jewelry retail, says demand is picking up, but for the time being purchases of items with prices of...
Halewood Romania Offsets Local Decline By Exports
Halewood Romania, a major local winemaker, expects this year’s wine output to be 10% lower than in 2013, mainly because of the unfavorable weather conditions, according to Dan Muntean, the c...
Somaco: 2015 Likely To Be A “Better Year” For Infrastructure In Romania
Romania’s construction market is not faring well at all as it is contracting amid public investment downfall, says Gabriel Colobatiu, general manager of building materials producer Somaco, o...
Tinmar Ind, Romania’s Largest Private Electricity Trader, Includes ArcelorMittal Galati In Its Portfolio
Tinmar Ind, the largest private electricity trader in Romania, owned by businessman Augustin Oancea, signed a one-year contract with ArcelorMittal Galati, the second largest energy consumer...
Kaufland And Auchan Set To Hire Over 1,000 People In Bucharest By Yearend
Retailers have become Bucharest’s biggest employers after hypermarkets have replaced former decrepit plants. As a matter of fact, Bucharest has no plant left employing 1,000 people.
DAAS Romania Focuses On Contracts With Foreigners
DAAS Romania, a major supplier of equipment for hotels, restaurants and food stores, will end 2014 with 100 stores fitted out, out of which ten are hypermarkets. Most units, though, are stil...
Bucharest’s New Business Hub Sees New Office Projects Sprout
This autumn started with the opening of two office sites near the Pipera subway station and the new buildings are due to be delivered in 2016.
French AXA Increases Capital Of Romanian Subsidiary
AXA Asigurari, the local subsidiary of French group AXA, raised its capital by EUR1.1 million in August, with total capital injections by the French group reaching some EUR3 million in 2014,...