The group is also investing in a new prefab section at Brikston Iasi and in the development of production processes in its Romanian factories.
Leier Rom, the company through which the group operates in Romania, had a turnover of RON23.7 million in 2019, up 25% compared with 2018. the company reported a net loss of RON2.1 million, according to finance ministry data.
Leier entered the Romanian market in 2006 with a factory in Alba county. It acquired Brikston in 2018, which at the end of 2019 announced it also bought Siceram, another brick manufacturer in Romania.
The local masonry market where the group operates reached EUR287 million in 2019, of which EUR146 million from brick sales alone. The market grew 14% in 2019 compared with 2018.