Saxlund partners with Romanian company to spearhead Eastern European expansion

European environmental technology group - Saxlund Group - today announced the signing of an official agency agreement to promote Saxlund products and services in Romania with Bucharest-based Rocom Industrial Solutions, one of the leading suppliers of industrial engineering and bulk materials handling solutions.

“Expanding and strengthening our distribution network into European markets is another important growth step for Saxlund Group,” explains Stefan Wallerman, CEO of Saxlund Group AB. “Partnering with Rocom – an acknowledged leader in its markets for bulk handling - will provide on-the-ground know how and customer contact for our portfolio across bulk handling, cement and waste whilst also introducing our water and waste water solutions, increasingly governed by developing EU regulations.”

Constantin Preda – MD of ROCOM added, “We are excited to announce this new agency partnership, building on our market knowledge and penetration, and matching Saxlund’s world leading solutions. As engineering-led businesses we immediately understood the synergy between us and the potential to develop in Romania and neighbouring countries. We have already identified a number of customer projects where Saxlund solutions will be a perfect fit.”

Meanwhile, the Romanian construction market size was valued at $52.6 billion in 2021. The market is projected to grow at an AAGR of more than 3% during the period 2023 to 2026. [source: Globaldata April 2021 ] and according to Saxlund is just one reason why Romania was a natural choice to develop a distributor relationship. Romania is the largest energy market in South-East Europe, with a total final energy consumption of about 25.000 ktoe. The country has extremely promising biomass potentials and several ongoing projects are driving development of the sector. [source: ETIPBIONERGY].