Reporter
Gabriel Razi
- Fields
- Retail&Consumer, Companies, Social/Politics
- Writing for ZF since
- 2011
- Articles
- 59
Soneriu Family’s Cold Cut Business Driven Up By Loans In Lei, Franchised Stores And Private Labels
Cold cut exports exceeded the value recorded for the whole of last year, but they cannot be considered real exports, says Valentin Soneriu, general manager of CarmOlimp, a top-15 company in...
Farming Land In Romania Worth EUR25B, One Fifth Of GDP
The more than 13 million hectares of farming land in Romania are worth over EUR25 billion, considering the average price per hectare is almost EUR2,000. The local farming land price is among...
Farmers Invest In Silos To Stop Selling Grain Cheap Right After Harvest
The record agricultural year has encouraged Romanian farmers to invest in grain storage to avoid selling wheat or corn soon after harvesting it for one third of the prices charged in winter...
Agriculture Sees Highest Rise In Number Of New Companies In First Nine Months
The number of new companies in the Romanian agricultural sector went up by 130% in the first nine months of this year compared with the same time in 2010. This means the number of companies...
Agriculture Contributes EUR12 Billion To 2011 GDP
The economic growth will be saved in the third quarter by the best farming year of the decade. Agricultural production will exceed EUR12 billion, an increase of 20% on 2010.
Banks Become Largest Owner Of Real Estate Assets
After the wave of foreclosures and real estate development bankruptcies in the last two years, local banks have come to hold office buildings, apartments and plots valued at nearly EUR1 bill...
Romania To Grant EUR185 Mln To Farmers For Chicken, Pigs And Diesel Oil
In its Wednesday meeting, the Romanian government discussed granting aids to farmers worth a total of EUR185 million this year and in 2012.
U.S. Irrigation Systems Giant Toro Opens Plant In Romania With Russia And Ukraine In Mind
U.S. irrigation systems maker Toro, with $1.7 billion in sales worldwide, starts manufacturing of irrigation systems in its factory in Ploiesti on Wednesday. The company has exports to Ukrai...
A Happy Entrepreneur: 2011 Was Better Than 2010
Marex Braila, with food industry and farming operations, is set to see turnover rise by 5% this year, to EUR153 million, according to Marin Moraru, the general manager and a stakeholder in t...
Mihai Anghel Gets EUR2.5M From BCR To Buy Farming Land
Mihai Anghel, owner of Cerealcom Dolj and Oltyre, agricultural businesses worth EUR60 million and EUR11.4 million respectively, got a EUR2.5 million loan from BCR bank to buy land.
Prio Ready To Tap Into Vegetable Oil Market
Vegetable oil producer Prio Extractie, a unit of Portuguese group Martifer, got the green light from Agriculture Ministry to store agricultural raw materials in a 150,000-ton silo at its oil...
Valvis And Micula Brothers Among Top Corn Farmers
Jean Valvis, the man who created the Dorna (mineral water) and LaDorna (dairy products) brands, and brothers Ioan and Viorel Micula, who own European Drinks group, are now among the top ten...