Softronic group includes the electric frame and locomotive manufacturing division, as well as the services provided by Softrans, a railway freight and passenger carrier set up in 2002.
“There have been fewer orders, in the context of problems worldwide, because very few wish to buy locomotives and most wish to lease,” said Radu Zlatian, communications manager at Softronic Craiova.
Founded in 1991, in Craiova, Softronic owns the only factory in Eastern Europe which produces electric frames and locomotives and which currently sells electric locomotives in Hungary and Turkey, on lack on orders on the Romanian market.
In 2014, Softronic built the first electric train (Hyperion) made in Romania, with financing from Garanti Bank (EUR4.3 million), which can reach 160 km/hour, and in 2015, the company sold the second train of this type. Zlatian also said the company set off procedures to build a third Hyperion electric train, called Hyperion 3.
Ebd-2015, the company sold two locomotives made in Craiova to Europe’s largest railway freight operator, DB Schenker Rail AG.
Softronic is a Romanian business which is 30% owned by Ionel Ghita. Entrepreneurs Ion Girnita and Augustin Popescu each hold a 26.69% stake, while Oana Miulescu owns a 16.5% stake.