New business opportunities for market expansion into Emerging Europe

What are the most recent business opportunities for Market Expansion, Trade and Investment in Emerging European markets such as Romania, Poland and Serbia??

For more details go to the link https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2024/10/new-business-opportunities-for-market.html

For example, according to the EY analysis , "Romanian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) recorded 198 transactions during the first nine months?of 2024, marking an 8.2% increase compared to the same period last year."?

Are you an International Buyer looking to acquire a Local Business in Romania and the Emerging Europe region? Are the Opportunities on the Romanian M&A Market of interest to you?

Perhaps the market entry consulting firm, FRD Center Market Entry Services (Emerging Markets in Europe: Romania, Poland, Hungary etc.) can be of assistance to you with strategic business search and selection services and off-market deal sourcing.?

With an experience of almost 25 years in the Emerging European markets, FRD Center team has been facilitating, at Decision Maker level, strategic business relations between foreign players and selected local companies.

As validated also by the EY experts, "the Romanian M&A activity continues to benefit from positive drivers such as strong GDP growth, higher real disposable incomes stimulating private consumption, declining inflation and substantial EU-funded investments in public infrastructure.

The largest deal observed by EY in this period was the acquisition of a 629 MW renewable energy portfolio from Evryo Group (previously CEZ Romania), by Public Power Corporation (PPC), the main electric power company in Greece.

The second-largest deal involved the sale of a 99 MW onshore wind project by Sweden-based OX2.?

Notably, the Power & Utilities sector recorded the largest number of deals for this period since 2018, more than doubling (+113%) compared to the same period last year. This further emphasizes Romania's strong standing as an attractive destination for renewable energy investment."

More details in the EY press release at?https://www.ey.com/en_ro/newsroom/2024/10/romanian-m-a-evolution-during-the-first-nine-months-of-2024

As it results from the FRD Center analysis , according to players in the market, the solar project approval activity in Romania is still extremely productive. New investors enter the Romanian renewable energy market. Two of the most recent ones are Blue Elephant Energy GmbH and Kraftfeld Solar

According to the data published by Transelectrica, at the moment the two companies are jointly developing 940 MW of solar parks

Underlining the importance that the Romanian renewable energy?sector?presents to the foreign and local players, the Romanian Associations for Wind and Photovoltaic Energy (RWEA & RPIA) are organizing on October 29 and 30 in Bucharest the most important event of the energy industry from renewable sources: PowerShift Summit.

According to the organisers, the discussions will focus on topics related to the development of networks, the acceleration of renewable energy projects and competitiveness at the European level, new initiatives related to data centers and the use of artificial intelligence, all integrated in the context of the transition to green energy.

The FRD Center has been assisting foreign players (Buyers and Investors) in their efforts to identify and select, contact at Decision Maker level those relevant local players suitable to their criteria. Here is an example of a Case Study in the Renewable Energy sector:?https://www.frdcenter.ro/portfolio/ma-advisory-in-renewable-energy/

Are you considering market expansion to Emerging Europe??Do you know which are the opportunities? Contact the?FRD Center?team at email:[email protected]

Romania has great stability in the region and foreign investors still see Romania as an attractive destination for investments, some of them see the country as the "future tiger" of Europe.?

As it results from the FRD Center analysis , the pharmaceutical sector in Serbia presents various opportunities for the foreign players.

EBRD - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - is currently considering a 14 mEUR loan to help Serbian pharma services company Ergo Western Balkans Solutions (Ergo WBS)?expand its operations in the SEE region.?

According to SEE News "Ergo WBS is a holding company comprising several pharma wholesale and distribution operations in the region. It owns Serbian wholesaler Farmalogist, which generates some 90% of its total revenues and around 80% of the group's earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA), the EBRD noted."?

FRD Center has learned that also in Serbia, EBRD is extending a 15 mEUR loan to Feka Automotive, specialised in automotive lighting production. The Company is a supplier to Toyota, Volkswagen and Stellantis.

Various leading international car manufacturers source to local players in low cost countries such as Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia Herzegovina etc.?

How to find and select reliable manufacturing partners and new suppliers in Romania and Eastern Europe? How to analyse their capabilities, the technologies they use and their offering? More details at the link: https://www.frdcenter.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/FRD-Center-New-Suppliers-Search-and-Selection-services-Presentation.pdf

How to identify and approach at Owner level the off-market manufacturing companies you want to acquire and expand to countries such as Romania, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechia etc.? Contact FRD Center Market Entry Services (Emerging Markets in Europe: Romania, Poland, Hungary etc.)

Are you an International Buyer looking to acquire a Local Business in Serbia and the Emerging Europe region? Are the opportunities on the M&A Market of interest to you?

Perhaps the market entry consulting firm, FRD Center, can be of assistance to you with strategic business search and selection services and off-market deal sourcing. Contact the FRD Center team at email: [email protected]

How to find and select reliable manufacturing partners and new suppliers in Romania and Eastern Europe? How to analyse their capabilities, the technologies they use and their offering? More details at the link: https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/2023/12/finding-strategic-partners-in.html

How about Poland? As it results from the?FRD Center ?research, EIB announced it will provide Poland with 10Bn PLN?subsidies for electric trucks.?

Also, the European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending SG Equipment Leasing Polska (SGEF Poland), a unit of France-based Société Générale, €100 million to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). SGEF Poland will in turn provide new loans totalling €200 million.

Being?home to Europe’s biggest battery manufacturing facility – the LG Energy Solution plant in Wroc?aw - Poland is Europe’s leading producer of lithium-ion batteries. The facility, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), accounts for half of the total battery manufacturing capacity in Europe.?

Are you looking to expand to Romania and Eastern Europe? Perhaps the FRD Center team can be of assistance to you. Email us at [email protected] with your own requirements for local assistance.

For almost 25 years, FRD Center has been assisting foreign companies identify opportunities for Market Expansion, Trade and Investment in Romania and other Central and South Eastern European countries.?

In spite of the the war in Ukraine, international players have been developing their operations in Romania. In regards to the current market expansion and investment opportunities up-dates, here are more details in the FRD Center analysis at this link:?

https://www.frdcenter.ro/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MARKET-EXPANSION-TRADE-INVESTMENT-OPPS-IN-ROMANIA-2024-FRD-Center-1.pdf

These are just a few recent examples. For more up-to-date opportunities consult the FRD Center business blog at https://market-entry-romania.blogspot.com/