Mihai Dumitru named managing director of Arburg Romania

Bucharest, Romania – Mihai Dumitru has been Managing Director of Arburg Romania since January 2025. The 43-year-old sales expert aspires to take the subsidiary founded in Bucharest last spring to the next level in his large country. He has a team of ten experienced employees at his side. As an up-and-coming market in Europe, Romania offers considerable potential for Arburg.

The demand for sophisticated machines, systems and services is increasing continuously in Romania. This is due in part to the relocation of production by international companies. The most important sectors are automotive, electrics, electronics and medicine. Following the successful launch of the subsidiary in April 2024 with interim Managing Director Dr Daniel Orel, who heads Arburg Czech Republic on a full-time basis, management of this company is now in the hands of Mihai Dumitru, a Romania-focused specialist in.

Mihai Dumitru describes the current market situation in his country as challenging. To succeed in Romania, he is also relying on his experienced team, as the majority of employees have been taken on from Arburg’s long-standing trading partner.

The new Managing Director has great confidence in his decentralized service team: “My employees are positioned at strategic points in Romania, looking after customers locally and familiar with their requirements and needs. We ensure that our technology and contacts are reliably available to our customers when they need them. Sales, service, training – we offer everything from a single source, in line with our brand promise ‘Wir sind da’.” Arburg is known in Romania as a manufacturer of high-end injection molding machines. Mihai Dumitru sees further potential, particularly in the areas of automation and digitalization. He also wishes systematically to expand the market with the spare parts business and maintenance. “To an increasing extent, we want to provide maintenance cover through professional contracts and digital media. In my view, this is the future.”

With his academic background as an engineer specializing in applied electronics and automation, and with his many years of experience in business development, Mihai Dumitru is ideally qualified for his management role in Romania.
Before taking up his position at Arburg, the sales expert established well-known international companies in his country and built up a subsidiary. Mihai Dumitru views the excellent reputation of the Arburg parent company as a great advantage in the quest to achieve market leadership in the country