The company slipped into the red last year, with an almost RON1.4 million (EUR281,000) loss, from a net profit of RON1.1 million (EUR222,500) in 2023, public data show.

Metatools had 103 employees on average last year, six more than in the previous year. The company opened a new showroom and service center in Buzau in 2024. The business, established by brothers Mircea and Alexandru Androne in 1998, started in a rented 80-square-meter space on the ground floor of an apartment building in Ploiesti.

(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)