Caterpillar envisions 13 million-euro sales

Bergerat Monnoyeur SRL, which sells Caterpillar products on the Romanian market, registered Q1 turnover worth 7.5 million French francs (about 1 million dollars), Thierry Robert, the company’s general manager, said. The company expects 13 million euros in turnover this year, up 10% as compared to last year.

Starting with May this year, Bergerat Monnoyeur, a representative of the French distribution group Monnoyeur on the Romanian market, is the new name of Fortrac, established in 1992 as a branch of the French distribution group Monnoyeur on the Romanian market.

The group’s core business in Romania is selling equipment manufactured by the US-based company Caterpillar.

According to Alexandru Badea, the sales manager of the construction department within the company, Bergerat Monnoyeur concluded a contract worth 3.5 million euros with the Romanian-based branch of the Swiss consortium Holcim, former Holderbank, to provide equipment for the exploitation of limestone quarries.

Bergerat Monneyeur intends to sell 300 machines specialised in constructions, mine and quarry exploitation, road repairs and forestry in Romania this year, 100 units more than over the previous year.

The company has sold 1,250 units since it was established. The company’s client portfolio includes 4,400 firms, to which Bergerac Monnoyeur provided equipment and services.

The company has five service units, but its development programme stipulates that another two service offices worth 700,000 dollars will be opened this year in Bucharest and Timisoara.

The total value of investments performed on the Romanian market currently amounts to 1.5 million dollars, Robert specified.