“There was higher demand from catering and bakery clients. We worked at full capacity. In the first five months, turnover went up by 7-8% and by yearend we expect a 10% increase,” Florin Adrian Dimofte, a strategy and development manager, told ZF.
The plant is investing to expand its production capacity through three new production lines. Moreover, it plans to double the capacity of its warehouse, a EUR2 million investment.
Almost 47% of production is sold abroad.
Barleta last year also boosted its net profit, to RON13.4 million, in 2021, from RON6.4 million.
The plant had 214 employees, flat from 2020.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)