TeraPlast Group reports 50% increase in EBITDA during 2018

The turnover of TeraPlast Group, the largest Romanian owned producer of construction materials, increased by 91% in 2018, to RON 804,9 million, due to the accelerated development of the Steel division, supported by the Serbian market expansion and the consolidation of Depaco. At the same time, the consolidated EBITDA of the Group increased with 55%, to over RON 65 million.

“We’ve managed, through sustained investments, to strenghten our position on the regional markets, developing all our business segments. Both Steel and Plastics divisions registered two-figures growth indicators. In 2018 we completed the investment in the rigid PVC recycling unit. Through state-aid projects, with a total value of EUR 15 million, we set the ground of the mid-term development for the Group”, stated Ioana Birta, CFO of TeraPlast Group.

The Steel Division, made up of TeraSteel Romania, TeraSteel Serbia and Depaco, has had an important impact on the positive evolution of the Group’s financial results. Thus, the Steel Division’s sales increased in 2018 by 181%, as compared to 2017, reaching over RON 483 million, while EBITDA rose by 120% during the same period, reaching RON 41.3 million.

TeraSteel Serbia opened at the end of 2017. It is the first Romanian-owned factory to open abroad after 1990. In addition to the initial investment of over EUR 6,5 million in its production capacities and working capital, TeraPlast Group also invested over EUR 1 million in 2018, in its self-supporting trapezoidal sheet line and its mineral wool module in Serbia.

During 2018, TeraSteel Romania and TeraSteel Serbia sold more than 3.1 million square meters of thermal insulating panels. Meanwhile, Depaco, through the Wetterbest brand, one of the main producers of roofing systems in Romania, sold more than 5 million square meters of metal roof tiles.

Wetterbest has been a part of the TeraPlast Group since 2018. It is currently undergoing a project worth EUR 5.2 million, financed through a state aid program, as well as EUR 3.3 million in private company funds. The project calls for the creation of a new production unit, in a new location, with an annual roof tiles and profiles production capacity of over 10 million square meters

The Plastics Division, which includes the Installations, Profiles, Granules, Door and Window Production and PVC Recycling business lines registered sales of RON 321.5 million in 2018, as well as an EBITDA of RON 24 million.

TeraPlast SA and TeraGlass are both the beneficiaries of state grants, with projects worth a total of EUR 9.7 million already on their way, with the purpose of increasing the production capacities of the two companies, in order to expand their existing products, diversify their portfolios and create new jobs.

In 2018, TeraPlast SA produced more than 13.700 km of pipes, more than 6.900 km of PVC Profiles. Meanwhile, TeraGlass, the company that owns TeraPlast Group’s windows and doors portfolio, produced a total of 123.000 doors and windows, using 90% of its production capacity.

For 2019, the TeraPlast Group aims to increase its market share and regional coverage, through continued development of its production capacities, the optimization of its product portfolio and the expansion of its distribution network.