“For 2011, we budgeted turnover worth 83.7 million lei (around EUR20 million) and an average number of employees of 323,” Szilard said.
He was appointed in this position in October 2009, after having worked for Swedwood, the manufacturing arm of Swedish giant IKEA for 16 years.
The portfolio of Perla Harghitei, a company controlled by Arpad Kurko, includes four brands: Perla Harghitei, Tiva Harghita, Allegria and Cristalina.
2010 figures show an increase of several percentage points against 2009, according to ZF calculations. Dietrich Szilard said the higher 2010 turnover came “primarily as a result of Perla Harghitei brand’s adding a new product on the mineral water market (…) and partly from Allegria brand sales”.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu, editing by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)