In 2020, PORR had 886 employees in Romania. Personnel is still a direction the company wants to invest in. Headcount investments total around EUR5 million annually.
The results came amid a challenging market context, says Ana Maria Cojocaru, the company’s chief financial officer, and 2022 is not expected to be a better year, but on the contrary. “We expect 2022 to be even more challenging than 2021 given the turbulent political and economic background internationally. However, we also see many opportunities for our industry and I’m referring to infrastructure development schemed funded through PNRR”.
In 2020, Austrian-held PORR almost doubled its turnover in Romania against 2019, to RON845.5 million. Profit also rose, by 40%, to RON23.5 million. Romania is one of the key markets in the company’s portfolio.
PORR also has two asphalt plants in Romania, in Arad and Buftea and plans to open a third one, in Sibiu.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)