The ranking includes cement and concrete manufacturers – which are on three of the top four places, along with precast concrete part, glass, brick, pavement tile, lime, metallic structure manufacturers and more.
Two companies posted over RON1 billion revenue in 2017 – cement producers Holcim and CRH, while all the other companies posted about RON900 million to RON100 million (the lowest level required for inclusion in this ranking).
Only one Romanian-held company, Teraplast, made it into the top five, while the others are local subsidiaries of multinationals. Teraplast (Dorel Goia), Adeplast (Marcel Barbut) and Bilka Steel (Horatiu Tepes) are nearing the hundred million euro mark fast, following last year’s growth.
The only top company to post losses in 2017 was the local subsidiary of Austria’s Hirsch Porozell, which makes polystyrene for use in the construction sector and packaging. Its revenue, however, was more than double the 2016 level, as a result of the acquisition of three plants in Timisoara, Sfantu Gheorghe and Bucharest in 2016. (EUR1=RON4.6660)
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)