Roman SA shows off its first tractor

The management of Roman SA Braşov unveiled yesterday, the first U650 tractor produced by the company from Brasov. Carol Rogaci, the company"s director has stated that the engine block and the cylinder head are brought from India, the transaxle has been made at Sfântu Gheorghe, and the remaining components are made by the truck factory itself. He has stated that it was relatively easy for the company to manage these components since "Roman SA has produced components for Tractorul for years". "The tractors to be produced at Roman follow in the footsteps of the some million tractors already produced, we are not starting a new series", the aforementioned source stated.

The first order of 600 tractors will be delivered in Egypt by summer next year, with a tractor costing 9.700 Euro.

Ioane Neculaie, who controls Roman SA, will be meeting with his Egyptian customers this week, as they are coming over to Brasov in order to pay the deposit for the order placed, with the first 100 tractors to be delivered in January 2009. He also showed that he is not affected by the financial crisis because "we make most of the components ourselves". "This is a complement of the truck and bus production which means that it is cheaper for us to produce most of the cast components", Mr. Neculaie also said.

Last week, the Chinese of HOYO-SHK Modern Agricultural Equipment Co. Ltd announced in Brasov that they would next year invest 20 million dollars in the construction of a tractor assembly platform in the county of Brasov, to produce between 2009-2012, 100.000 tractors of 25, 35 and 45 de HP, and if the demand exists, 120 and 160 HP versions will also be produced.