Construction has begun at the end of the first quarter of 2023 and production operations in the new building are expected to start as early as the end of 2023.   As part of the expansion, the company plans to hire additional personnel to ramp up production in the new building by the end of 2023. Lödige Industries currently has more than 100 people in Brasov in production, engineering and sales.

“Brasov has developed into an important pillar alongside our plant in Scherfede. Due to increasing orders, the expansion of our capacities is the logical next step and a long-term commitment,” said Luana Costescu-Guran, Managing Director at Lödige Industries in Romania.

Since 2006, the factory has primarily produced lifting and handling machines such as lifting tables, elevating workstations, truck docks and conveyors, which are installed in air freight terminals, car parking systems and as material handling equipment in projects for the global market.

Loedige Machine, the Romanian subsidiary of Lödige Industries, reported a turnover of RON59.5 million in 2022, up 37% year-over-year, and a profit of RON5.1 million, as per finance ministry data.