Eckerle targets 6m-euro turnover

Eckerle Romania, a subsidiary of the German group Eckerle-Gruppe, estimates a 5.8 million-euro turnover for this year, up 12% against 2006, when this indicator stood at approximately 5.2 million euros. The company budgeted investments worth 350,000 euros for this year in expanding production capacities, as well for developing the volume of automation equipment. The production of automation equipment started in September 2005, and last year this division posted a 500,000-euro turnover. The company’s management estimates a 40% sales increase for automatic equipment sales, to 700,000 euros. “The development of our product portfolio as well as the automation division expanding its operations were the main factors, which contributed to the trend in the first three months of the year,” Miriam Arp, general manager of Eckerle Romania, told ZF.