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History
1991
Establishment of SOROCAM (SOciété ROumaine de CARrières et Matériaux) a joint venture between Colas SA (51%) and the National Road Administration (AND - 49%).
The first company in Romania specialized in road construction and transport infrastructure with majority private capital.
Procurement of equipment for the NOVACOL construction site for DN1 Bucharest-Ploiesti.
Important road infrastructure projects we have been involved in:
1992 - 1999
Purchase of six bitumen emulsion production plants (Turda, Bucharest West, Buzău, Craiova, Săcălaz, Timișești), three asphalt plants (Otopeni, Frătești, Săcălaz) and one quarry (Revărsarea).
1999
Changes in shareholdings:
- Colas SA 75.03% of the share capital
- National Road Administration 24.97%.
2008
Road construction activity - transferred to Colas Drumuri SA.
2009 - present
Industrial activity - production and marketing of asphalt, bitumen emulsion and quarry aggregates.
2015
A quarter of a century on the market of construction materials for transport infrastructure.
2017 - 2018
Increase production capacity by purchasing the Benninghoven TBA160U asphalt plant in Popești Leordeni and renting a MARINI160 asphalt plant in Arad.
2020
Installation of the IMA80 asphalt station in Cluj
2021