“German-held Steiner (a group specializing in optical products, i.e.) had a manufacturing facility in a rented building in Curtea de Arges. They decided to move, and the building was auctioned and we bought it,” said Ion Bican, managing director of CER Cleaning Equipment, the Kaercher-held operator of the Romanian plant.
The new facility should become operational in mid-2018 and make vacuum cleaners and other products. Ion Bican did not provide any more details.
“We are already making 80,000 vacuum cleaners a month; we are working at almost 80% capacity. The business has developed fast so we decided to buy a new building and expand production.”
The vacuum cleaner plant Kaercher inaugurated in Curtea de Arges last year will end its first full year in business, 2017, with more than EUR50 million revenue. Kaercher also has a partnership in place with local home appliances manufacturer Electroarges in the same city.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)