Stefanescu will be replacing Ileana Nicolae, who has been promoted to the position of manager for Eastern Europe within Sika group and will coordinate the operations in 18 countries. Nicolae has been running Sika Romania for 12 years.
Stefanescu has been working for Sika Romania since September 2013, holding the position of director of the company’s dry mortar division. He had previously worked for Selena Romania and EURO MGA Product.
Sika Romania is the local subsidiary of Swiss group Sika, which produces chemicals for the construction and manufacturing industries.
Sika Romania was founded in 2002 and opened an additives factory in Brasov, central Romania, in 2008. It will also open a unit in Cluj (northwestern Romania) where it will produce special mortars and mortars used as adhesives.
The Swiss group has subsidiaries in 80 countries and employs 16,000 people worldwide.