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CIECH Soda Romania inaugurates EUR 3.3 million investment in a new compressor, aiming to increase efficiency

Plans for 2017 new investments are ready but pending on the raw material availability on long term.

CIECH Soda Romania inaugurated today a newly installed 3.3 million Euro compressor, imported from Germany, which will help the company to keep its competitiveness on an increasing challenging market. The new compressor is the last step of the 2014-2016 investment plan which was overall of 33.5 million Ron and was directed especially to the efficiency of the plant. CIECH Soda Romania is the only functional soda manufacturer left in Romania. The plant, which currently employs more than 650 people, delivers soda on eight export markets in Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia and reached a record production level in 2016, after 10 years of continuous investment and transformations.

The inaugural event from the plant was honored by the presence of His Excellency, Mr. Marcin Wilczek, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Poland to Romania and by representatives of local authorities, CIECH management and employees.

“I am proud of the resilience and the determination of my fellow Polish people - who committed resources and knowledge to make this company work and to keep competitiveness. I salute also a great work of Romanian team in CIECH Soda Romania. The plant is contributing directly to the lives of 650 people and indirectly to maybe 10.000 others members of employees and suppliers families. There are also taxes, in important amounts to be used for the whole community and social programs dedicated to children, youth and education. I think this is a good example of joining resources, Romanian and Polish,  to grow and touch community life for the better and I hope this cooperation will continue under similar auspices”, said His Excellency Ambassador Mr. Marcin Wilczek, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Poland to Romania.

CIECH Soda Romania was acquired by Ciech Group in 2006 when the plant had difficult times in dealing with oversized operations, obsolete production standards, low productivity and economic turbulence of the decade. The overall 10 years investment reached 220 million euro and implied acquisition of new equipment to replace, refurbishing and repair old equipment, to increase production, to ensure better working environment and to secure financial solidity.

The Romanian plant has an important place within CIECH Group activity, covering almost 20% of the overall Group’s soda production distributed to a very dynamic region.

"We succeeded to rescue the plant in 2013 and to stop losses. Starting with 2014, our local team rebuilt, virtually while continuously functioning, a plant with new features and now we focus on improving the productivity parameters and the safe delivery, while keeping a close eye on costs. We are committed with all our forces to develop the plant and we expect a similar commitment from local partners, raw materials suppliers and utilities – steam and limestone – suppliers, as we depend on their plans and delivery possibilities”, says Maciej Tybura, CEO,CIECH Group.

CIECH Soda Romania is part of the Ramnicu Valcea Chemical platform, which since its inception was designed as an interdependent mechanism. The company uses steam from CET Govora and limestone and salt brine from SNS Salrom, which are the exclusive suppliers for that.

"The investment is an expression of CIECH Group belief in the economic development potential of Valcea region and of Romania on the whole. We expect this belief to be mutual, although the support and openness climate toward foreign investors didn't improve.  On the contrary, it became less favorable. We are committed with all our forces to develop the plant and we expect a similar commitment from local partners, raw materials suppliers and utilities – steam and limestone – suppliers, as we depend on their plans and delivery possibilities. We have  finished now execution of the investment plans for the years 2014-2016,  
however new  plans from 2017 onwards are on hold today, until we will rest assured of a real and sustainable future of the business environment critical for us in Valcea", Witold Urbanowski the CEO of CIECH Soda Romania adds.    

About CIECH Soda Romania
CIECH Soda Romania is the first CIECH Group manufacturing unit outside Poland and the only active soda manufacturer in the Romanian chemical industry. The plant was taken over by Ciech Group in 2006. The 650 people team in CSR produces soda and sodium silicate – solid and liquid – for Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Moldova, Middle East and India.

About CIECH Group - 70 years on global markets
CIECH is an international, professionally-managed group with Polish roots, with a well-established position of a leader of the chemical sector in Central and Eastern Europe. It manufactures products which are used in the production of articles necessary in everyday life of people all over the world - state-of-the-art products of the highest, world quality. Taking advantage of the support of a reliable strategic investor, it implements the strategy of global development, extending its sales in world markets. At the same time, it combines the modern approach to business with production tradition which goes back to 1882. More info at www.ciechgroup.com.

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