E.ON renames gas distributor

Distrigaz Nord, the natural gas distributor, which became part of the portfolio of the Germans at E.ON Ruhrgas, announced that the company”s name was changed to E.ON Gaz Romania. The change came into force starting on April 1 and is a stage in the process of integrating the company into the E.ON group, a process that started last year, once the privatisation contract was completed. “Last year signalled the beginning of an extensive process of changes in Distrigaz Nord. We started to reorganise the company, by putting together a new organisation model, one which is more efficient and better adapted to the challenges that face us in the short and medium term,” stated Virgil Metea, general manager of E.ON Gaz Romania. “The company”s new identity is reflected in these changes and developments, which are meant to rally the company to the standards and practices of the E.ON group,” added Metea. This is the second re-branding process that the German investor has conducted on the local market, after the electricity distributor Electrica Moldova, which entered E.ON Energie”s portfolio, is now called E.ON Moldova. E.ON Gaz Romania went through a reorganisation process since the beginning of the year, and now operates through seven divisions with separate functions, amongst which are the marketing and sales department. Once the new organisation system came into force, all the 9,400 employees of the company were reallocated, which also included people in top management positions. Almost all the vacancies were filled by internal recruitment, with just a few people being brought from outside the company. ZF