Rombat’s net sales up 57%

Rombat invested €6.5 mln in 2007 compared to €2 mln the year before. Over 55 percent of total sales were domestic, of the Pilot, Cyclon-Calciu, Magma, Terra, Premier and Terra Professional brands. Exports increased 129 percent, with France, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Austria, Greece, Bulgaria and Republic of Moldova as major destinations.

Rombat has 600 employees and a national service network of over 100 representatives. The company is part of Rombat group, that includes 76 percent of Rombat Automobile Bistrita, which deals the Volskswagen brand, and 71 percent of Prombat Copsa Mica factory, specialized in retrieving lead from used car batteries.

There are a further two car battery producers on the Romanian market, Acumulatorul and Electro Auto Service (Caranda batteries), as well as importers, such as Principal Auto in Cluj-Napoca.