However, finding employees has become a challenge in Romania in the past few years, he added.
“We work with the authorities and local institutions to bring new talent in the logistics or manufacturing areas (…) War for talent has begun. I wish Romania were able to bring back the Romanians who left to work abroad because there is an abundant job supply,” Tikhonov said.
The company posted 1.7 billion lei (EUR373 million) revenue last year, up 4% on 2016, Finance Ministry data show. The overall beer market grew by 2% in 2017. Ursus Breweries, which is currently employing more than 1,400 people, has three plants – Brasov, Timisoara and Buzau and a micro-brewery in Cluj-Napoca.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)