General manager Cristophe de Korver said Wednesday the company is planning to export refrigerators to Iraq. Romania is an important country for electronics and household appliances, he added, because it hosts both producers and distributors.
The appliances segment makes up 10% of GEFCO Romania’s sales. Last year, 1,600 trucks of the company’s fleet of 20,000 made deliveries on this segment.
De Korver also said that the Romanian electronics and appliances market was worth EUR1.4 billion last year.
The company’s turnover grew last year by 30%, to EUR43.3 million. GEFCO’s clients include Carrefour, Ford, Kiabi, Arctic, Unilever, Citroen, Renault, Ikea, Electrolux and Philips.
A subsidiary of the PSA Peugeot Citroën group, GEFCO entered the Romanian market in 2005 and operates three logistic warehouses, in Arad and Bucharest, and a platform for car logistics, in Curtici on the Hungarian border.