The company expects a 10% increase in sales on this segment in 2016.
„The industrial sector boasts the greatest availability and demand for new equipment at the moment, considering that investments in the automotive segment account for the bulk of new investments. However, there is also demand from the food industry, the segment of fast-moving consumer goods, from tobacco factories or even from chemical processing units,” said Liviu Chelaru, Country Manager of the Compressor Technique Equipment division within Atlas Copco Romania.
Atlas Copco Romania, a unit of Swedish equipment manufacturer Atlas Copco, supplies compressors, industrial gas generators, tools for the constructions and mining sectors, and assembling systems for the industry. In 2015, the company registered a turnover of EUR22 million on the Romanian market, and for 2016, Chelaru expects an increase of up to 10% on the local market for the Compressor Technique Equipment division of Atlas Copco.
As regards the oil & gas sector, Atlas Copco representatives said the implementation of new investments stopped and the players in the field chose to complete only the projects started in 2015, which are important to maintain the safety and efficiency of exploitation.
„Every two-three months, we receive requests for the modernization or construction of new hospitals which require the solutions offered by our company for the medical system, both in the public and private sectors,” Chelaru also said.