The factory manufactures 1 million masks a month from a capacity of 5 million. About 80% remain in Romania, while the rest are exported.
“We didn’t produce much anymore, we had three shifts, now we only have one. We sell in Romania mostly, but also abroad, in Greece, Lithuania, we have some customers. About 80% of our production we sell in Romania and 20% abroad. We have a capacity of 5 million masks per month, but we don’t reach full capacity because there is no demand and we have quite large stocks,” Cristian Dumitrescu, CEO of Time International, told ZF.
The garment factory switched to mask production as the textile industry in Romania went into decline, which kept the Alexandria factory closed for two months in early 2020.
However, following the increased demand for masks at the start of the pandemic and the lack of manufacturers on the local market, Time International switched to producing these items.
From the production and sale of masks, the company’s representative expects more than EUR1 million revenue in 2022.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)