Businessman Ion Lazăr, who controls road transportation businessInternational Lazăr Company, estimates the company will post a 5%turnover increase this year, after a year 2009 when the company'sturnover fell by nearly 20%, to 30 million euros.
Given the circumstances, Lazăr has started to once again thinkabout expanding the lorry fleet, planning to acquire around 100 newlorries in a year's time. International Lazăr Company holds a totalof 310 vehicles, 292 of which are big, 20-tonne lorries and 18commercial utility vehicles, according to information on thecompany's website.
Apart from these, Lazăr also has a 50-truck fleet branded with thecompany's logo, which are operated under franchise.
"We intend to expand our truck fleet starting in the second half ofnext year and in the first half of 2012, when we plan to acquire100 new trucks. For the time being we don't need a larger fleet,"Lazăr said. Lazăr, Romtrans and Edy Spedition are the largest roadtransportation companies on the Romanian market which, after seeingtheir turnovers fall drastically in 2009, are now unanimouslytalking about a 10-15% rise against 2009.
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