Guillaume Cavalier, managing director at Romcim, said Romcim is an iconic brand in the Romanian construction industry and means «home» for many generations of constructors, employees and for the communities we live in.
This is, in fact, a revival of the Romcim brand, the first industrial holding in Romania, which consisted of four cement factories. Romcim was run by Mihai Rohan, who subsequently took the helm of cement industry companies association CIROM.
CRH’s rebranding is in line with the group’s strategy to have strong local brands for the operations on the markets in which the company is present, sustained by the power and experience of a leading group globally.
Romcim has cement factories in Medgidia and Hoghiz, a grinding station in Targu Jiu, two cement terminals, 18 concrete mixing stations, nine quarries, five gravel pits and an aggregate warehouse. Besides Romcim, international CRH Group also owns in Romania the companies Elpreco, specialized in manufacturing autoclaved cellular concrete (ACC), stone setts and prefabricated elements, and Ferrobeton, specialized in building foundations, pillars and girders.
Ireland’s CRH ended 2019 with a turnover of over RON1.1 billion in Romania, up 15% on the year, per the latest finance ministry data. Its profit was slightly above RON100 million and its staff numbers remained constant at some 720. Data correspond to the company CRH Ciment, the largest of CRH Group on the Romanian market. The same group also includes the companies Elpreco (RON147 million turnover in 2019), and Ferrobeton (RON46 million turnover in 2019).
On the Romanian cement market estimated at nearly EUR700 million, CRH competes directly with Holcim and HeidelbergCement.