Calarasi poplar attracts 18m euros

Austria-based FB&C Handels und Beteiligungsges has invested 18 million euros in a poplar board and panel factory in Calarasi, with construction works about to be completed. The company officials say most of the output will be exported. The mill in Calarasi is operated by a Romanian company, SC Romply Prod SRL, especially set up for this investment. The Austrians hold 100% in Romply. “We will make poplar boards and panels and export the output to European Union countries, as well as, if opportunity arises, to other parts of the world,” Valentin Bucioveanu, Romply deputy general manager says. The factory will be over 16,000 sqm wide, in addition to storage and office space. “The productive capacity of the mill is about 54,000 cubic metres of boards and panels a year,” Bucioveanu says, adding sales at this volume should exceed 16 million euros a year. ZF