Kazakhstani oil
company KazMunaiGaz, which acquired Romanian oil company Rometrol in
2008, invested an estimated €455
million in the construction of a marine terminal; an oil load
line; and in the implementation of a refinery modernisation plan, which
should be completed in 2012.
Italian energy group
Enel will invest an estimated €300
million in the construction of a 200 MW wind farm project in
Romania.
French hypermarket
network Cora invested €13 million
in acquiring a 40,000 m2 plot of land from state-owned
auto parts producer Hidromecanica.
Austrian DIY retailer
BauMax invested an estimated €10-15
million in opening its 11th store in Pitesti, which has a total
surface of 15,000 m2.
Cypriot clean-energy
producer Renovatio invested €10 million
in the construction of a photovoltaic panel factory in Satu Mare.
German auto components
producer Draxlmaier will invest €7.8
million in 2010 in modernising works and acquiring new
equipment.
Romanian
businesspeople Violeta and Valeriu Moraru will invest €5 million in opening a new mineral
water bottling factory in Covasna, which is set to become functional
later this month.
Romanian-French wine
company Corcova invested €3 million
in the reconstruction of 55 ha of vineyard in Mehedinti County, and
several wine cellars.
Romanian Mercedes-Benz
dealer Autoportal invested €3 million
in a new Mercedes-Benz centre.
Austrian clothing and
sports equipment retailer Hervis Sports will invest an estimated €3 million in opening two new
stores this year.
Belgian passenger
busline and transport company Eurolines will invest €2.5 million in expanding its
Romanian fleet by ten new coaches.
Romanian law firm
Bostina and Associates invested an estimated €2.5 million in renovating and
equipping its new €5 million office building in central Bucharest.
Icelandic
pharmaceutical company Actavis will invest an estimated €2.5 million in increasing the
production capacity of its factory in Bucharest.
French discount
clothing retailer Kiabi will invest an estimated €2 million in opening four new
stores.
Italian polyethylene
tubing producer Sami Plastic will invest
€1.8 million in expanding the production and logistics capacity
of its factory in Suceava. The company also recently invested €1.1
million in acquiring a plot of land in Titu, Dambovita County on which
they plan to build two new production units.
Italian pharmaceutical
company Recordati Group invested €1.2
million in acquiring Romanian marketing company ArtMed
International.
Polish investment fund
Enterprise Investors invested an estimated €500,000 in opening its 69th Profi
store in Faget, Timis County.
Real Estate
Cypriot real estate
developer Omilos will invest an estimated €25 million in the construction of a
mall within the ERA Shopping Park complex in Iasi.
International
financial institution UniCredit Tiriac Bank will invest an estimated €20 million in the construction of
a new office building in northern Bucharest.
Turkish businessperson
Tunc Capa will invest €16 million
in the construction of an outlet project with a capacity of 70 stores a
total rentable surface of 12,500 m2, in southeast Bucharest.
Romanian
businessperson George Copos will invest €2 million in restoration and
modernisation works for the 5-star Athenee Palace Hilton hotel in
Bucharest.
Romanian hotel company
Tusnad will invest €1.1 million
in expanding and modernising the Olt Hotel located in Tusnad, Harghita
County.
Exchange Rates
The National Bank of Romania (http://www.bnr.ro/)exchange rates as of June 14, 2010:
1 EUR = 4.2163 RON
1 USD = 3.4775 RON
Inflation Rates
Monthly
inflation
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
0.44%
0.67%
0.32%
1.68%
0.20%
0.22%
0.35%
0.15%
Total
yearly
inflation
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
17.8%
14.1%
9.3%
8.6%
4.87%
6.57%
7.85%
5.59%
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