“The first deliveries have already been made to South Africa, and recently we have concluded a new contract with a company in Lebanon. Thus, the number of countries to which the company exports batteries now reaches 25, including Germany, France, Spain, Greece, Slovakia, Russia, Morocco and Senegal. The greatest increase was seen on the German market, which represented 15% of all exports in the first three quarters of the year,” the company said in a news release.
In the first nine months of the year, Rombat made 1.54 million batteries, including 900,000 for export. Sales reached EUR52 million, up some 20% on the year.
Throughout 2010, the company achieved sales of EUR66.6 million and sold 2.1 million car batteries. The delivery target for this year is 2.26 million batteries.
The company is currently unfolding a EUR16 million project to expand production capacity.
Rombat has 665 employees and it is the sole supplier for Dacia, PSA Peugeot – Slovakia and Nissan – Sankt Petersburg, Russia.
The company is 58% owned by Rombat Invest Bistrita.