Net profit topped RON19 million (around EUR3.9 million), while the company’s average number of employees stood at 734.

Rombat has been supplying automotive batteries to Dacia for 25 years and has been supplying the Ford plant in Craiova since 2017.

Rombat exports automotive batteries to over 40 countries on four continents.

Rombat is an authorized regional supplier of Renault and is the sole supplier of Dacia since 1996, a supplier of PSA Peugeot Slovakia since 2008 and of Renault Nissan’s St. Petersburg plant since 2011. Its service network includes 100 offices throughout the country.

Rombat Bistrita sold 2.65 million automotive batteries on the markets where it operates in 2021, up 15% from the previous year, the company said.

Also in 2021, Rombat, which owns a used battery recycling capacity in Copsa Mica, recovered about 13,000 tons of lead from used batteries collected from the market.

(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)