Turks at Prolemn seek locations for a plant

Kastamonu Entegre, the biggest Turkish player in the wood industry and owner of the Romania-based multi-layered wood boards maker Prolemn Reghin, stated that it intends to invest over 100 million euros in a wood processing plant, either in Romania or Bulgaria. “We are looking to find potential locations in Romania as well, and we are trying to persuade the Turkish investors to invest here, but we have to deal with a lot of bureaucratic hurdles,” stated Dogan Gures, general manager of Prolemn. According to company representatives, investors from Prolemn have already found an appropriate location for the new factory in Bulgaria, but say they would prefer to build it in Romania. The company will launch a new production line of door skins, following an investment worth 25 million euros, the biggest line in the wood processing industry, which will increase Prolemn”s production by over 100%. ZF