The company’s profit plunged 43.6% in 2023, to nearly RON4.2 million (EUR848,000), compared to net gain of RON7.4 million (EUR1.5 million) reported in 2022, as per publicly available data. Rombat had an average number of 726 employees in 2023.
In early 2023, Rombat budgeted investments of EUR10 million, mainly for the installation of a semi-automated line for the production of heavy duty EFB batteries and the construction of two photovoltaic parks. The HD-EFB batteries, developed by Rombat, are suitable for both Euro 5/6 trucks and heavy vehicles with high power requirements, with high vibration resistance and ten times more charge cycles than conventional batteries at 17.5% continuous discharge, according to data previously provided by company representatives.
In 2023, Rombat also budgeted investments in two photovoltaic parks. The first park, with a capacity of 4.2 MW, is to be co-financed by funds made available through the National Recovery and Resilience Program (NRRP). The second one, with a capacity of 1 MW, will operate in Copsa Mica, where the company operates Rebat, its own used battery recycling center. At the same time, Rombat will also invest in the acquisition of an oxygen production plant, which will also operate at the Copsa Mica facility.
Rombat has been supplying automotive batteries to Dacia for 25 years and has been supplying the Ford plant in Craiova since 2017.