However, the company says rising utilities costs are ever more challenging.
“We want to stay competitive, to work at full capacity with all the plant we have, to retain the workforce that is hard to find on the market under current conditions. But these objectives will be ever harder to achieve without the support of authorities, which should consider a set of moves to reduce the impact of rising utilities for enterprises with high energy consumption as well,” says Niculae Dusu, one of the company’s shareholders.
Celco ended 2020 with turnover worth RON168.2 million, up 9% on the year. Profit reached RON48.4 million, slightly down from 2019, and the number of employees hit 276.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)