“I expect stabilization on the roofing market. We are optimistic about the performance of the entire construction market, even though it had quite a difficult start to the year,” says Andrei Sulyok, general manager of Lindab Romania.
The company posted turnover of around EUR20 million in 2012, close to the 2011 level. Sulyok says he cannot provide a sales estimate for this year for the time being.
Renovation projects, which accounted for about one third of the local roofing market last year according to Lindab, will remain a sales driver this year, too.
“Renovation projects accounted for less than 10% of the market in 2008 and their share later increased. It will continue to increase over the coming years. We have to look at the buildings built during the boom years, as well, when roofs might not have been installed properly due to the rush, so problems come up now.”
Lindab has a production facility in Stefanestii de Jos, Ilfov County (near Bucharest), which makes roofing tiles and ventilation pipes and another plant in Floresti, Cluj County (NW Romania), which makes ventilation pipes.
Its competitors on the local metallic construction supplies market are Megaprofil and Ruuki.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)