“The good thing about the start of the year was that we had mild weather. We did not have a winter, actually, so work could go on as usual. Sales were very good in the first few months of the year. Even with the lockdown in place, the construction sector did not freeze, with a few exceptions. We are still seeing growth compared with the year-ago period, so we are happy with the results,” says Emil Gota, general manager of the company and one of its shareholders.
Elis Pavaje did not suspend operations in the last few weeks and did not furlough any of its about 700 employees.
“Fortunately for us, we have several plants and had already taken a series of steps to ensure remote collaboration, our IT system allowed for a quick adjustment and the shift to the new conditions was done really easily. We did not have any interruptions in our activity so we could meet demand from customers promptly.”
Elis Pavaje is held by the Gota family and has four paver plants (in addition to a stone factory) in Petresti (Alba), Stoenesti (Prahova), Secuienii Noi (Neamt) and Vintu de Jos (Alba), each of which with a production capacity of 5,000 square meters per day.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)