Romanian aluminum producer Alro spends EUR 10 mln on equipment to increase competitiveness

Romania’s aluminum producer Alro Slatina, controlled by Vimetco, has completed an investment worth some EUR 10 million (RON 43.6 million) to increase its competitiveness. The project, which started in March 2011 and was co-financed by the European Union, focused on strengthening and upgrading its productivity via new equipment purchases, reads a statement of the company. Under the terms of the project, Alro acquired equipment for finishing aluminum sheets, coils and strips: a tension leveller line, a cut to length line, a slitting line and an automatic packaging system. The project was implemented at its factory in Slatina over a period of 32 months. The total EU grant amounted to some EUR 4 million (RON 17.18 million). “By implementing this programme, we are able to consolidate and improve our position on the international market, following the diversification of the products portfolio, for the high added value goods”, said Gheorghe Dobra, CEO of Vimetco and General Manager of Alro Slatina. Alro is a subsidiary of Vimetco N.V., a global aluminium producer, and has an installed production capacity of 265,000 tonnes of aluminum per year, making it the largest aluminum producer in Central and Eastern Europe when measured by volume. Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com (photo source: Alro