“We must make profit this year. We were in the black in the first quarter, profit was in line with the set target,” Daniliuc told a press conference, without specifying the profit he aims for in 2011, though.

In 2010, the company reached net income worth EUR3.8 million, after a loss of almost EUR15 million in 2009.

Raiffeisen Leasing, the subsidiary of Raiffeisen group specializing in financial leasing, in the first quarter funded the acquisition of goods worth EUR17.6 million, almost three times more than the volume registered in the same period of last year. Daniliuc did not reveal a target for 2011 funding volume, either.

He says that this year the focus will be on the funding of equipment and of small and medium-sized companies, which have started to regain health after the crisis years.