This is the company’s highest profit ever, higher even than the profit of 2008, a reference year for businesses in Romania. The profit margin stood at 15%, the highest in the past decade and a half, ZF has found. Revenue, on the other hand, was flat at RON2.2 billion last year.
Coca-Cola HBC has three plants in Romania, in Ploiesti, Vatra Dornei and Timisoara, and serves more than 70,000 customers from small stores to major retailers and restaurants.
The main shareholders of Coca-Cola HBC group, which operates in 28 countries, are Kar-Tess Holding (23%), a company held by the David-Leventis family, and The Coca-Cola Company (23%).
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)