The company’s net profit was just RON37,917 (EUR7,800) in 2020, from over RON29.6 million (EUR6.3 million) in 2019, per public data. Macon had on average 235 employees in 2020, compared with on average 490 employees in 2019.
Compania Macon is part of Macon Group and has two autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) plants in Deva and Oradea. Macon Group also includes companies such as Simcor Var, which has a lime manufacturing plant in Targu Jiu, Simbeton, with a production unit of concrete prefabricated elements in Oradea, and the company Simterac, which has a terracotta factory in Vadu Crisului (Bihor County), per data on Macon website.
In 2017, Macon Group was the subject of one of the largest transactions on the building materials market, being acquired by German masonry blocks manufacturer Xella which paid over EUR60 million (RON275 million). Macon had been previously held by investment fund Enterprise Investors. The transaction was completed at the end of April 2018. With this acquisition, Xella consolidated its position on the AAC market and entered the lime and concrete prefabricated elements manufacturing market.
Xella, with a factory in Prahova County, had a turnover of over RON348 million, a net profit of RON73.4 million and on average 445 employees in 2020, per public data. The company had a factory in Romania, built in 2010, in Paulesti, where it produces AAC.