“The investments we started during the pandemic amount to EUR30 million and went to several divisions. The first division we implemented in Techtex is the division of personal and medical protective equipment, such products as surgical masks, gowns, coveralls. All the equipment is produced in an integrated way starting from raw materials,” said Mihai Filip, shareholder of Techtex.
Techtex is part of the Taparo group, one of the biggest players in the upholstered furniture sector, owned by the Filip family. Mihai Filip is the son of founder Ioan Filip.
“We are currently implementing a new production line, nitrile surgical and examination gloves. It will probably be the largest capacity in Europe, about 600 million pieces per year. Next year we are implementing the third division, which is hygiene products, wet wipes, adult diapers and women’s intimate hygiene products, everything integrated from raw material to finished product.”
The target is for the company to reach revenue of more than RON200 million next year, following implementation of the surgical gloves and hygiene products divisions.
“This year we’ll finish with RON120 million revenue, up 15-20% from last year. We were hoping for higher revenue, but we had delays in launching the gloves line, as it is a unique line in the region, even in Europe. Technical expertise was limited, which made the process difficult, but obviously next year we will scale the business considerably. We have 180 employees, at maturity we will reach 300 employees. For the equipment category the capacity is 600-700 million masks per year, for surgical gloves the capacity is 600 million pieces per year.”
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)