Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Timisoara, a leading food location in Romania

The capital city of West-Romania Region has 300,000+ inhabitants, excellent natural conditions and supplier basis, good access to Western and Eastern European markets. The food processing industry is the organic part of boosting local economy.





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Timisoara was established in the 13th century in the Hungarian Kingdom. This is the historical capital of Banat Region, part of the Pannonia plain. It was the first mainland European city to be lit by electric street lamps in 1884. It was also the second European city with horse drawn trams in 1867. The Romanian christmas revolution in 1989 started here.

 source: Wikipedia



The Banat Region is a traditional agricultural area. The black soil and low water table, the continental climat (average high temp: 17 °C, average low temp: 5 °C) make this a fertile agricultural location.


The Romanian motorway and road system is not too developed, but Timisoara is very closed to the Hungarian border and to the M5 motorway. The Airport Timisoara provides access to the main European hubs from Munnich to Rome, and also has domestic flights, mainly to the capital city Bucharest.


Regarding local business environment, the city has 3 business parks. The County-owned Timisoara Industrial and Tech Park (PITT) has 11 hectares total area, and full public utility infrastructure. The 48-hectare-size Freidorf Industrial Park is managed by the City, and provides a low-cost land leasing with 49-73.5 years duration. The Log Center Timisoara has 18,000 storage and 3,700 office supply, rental fees: 4.5 €/sqm/month for storage and 7€/sqm/month for offices.


The top international FMCG investors in Timisoara are Nestlé, Kraft Foods, P&G, Danone. Smiethfield Foods has two subsidiaries in Timișoara and Timiș County: Smithfield Ferme and Smithfield Prod.