“We plan to start investments in the first months of 2011 and maximum production will be reached in the second quarter of the year,” said Marek Janke, a member of Barlinek SA’s managing board.
Expanded production capacity means in fact a new line, in which EUR2.3m were invested. The move to boost production came amid the rising demand, which could bring the first signs of a revival after a crisis period of several years.
Austria’s Kronospan, on the other hand, do not manufacture floorboard in Romania, but prefer importing it. The firm budgeted EUR290 million in turnover for this year, up 90% from 2010.
With turnover of above EUR90 million in 2009 and EUR4.1 million in profit, Egger delivers more than half of production abroad.