10 July 2026 Romanian cosmetics manufacturer Farmec plans to begin construction of a new EUR 70 million production facility in Apahida, near Cluj-Napoca, in 2027, after securing a key urban planning approval for the project, according to Ziarul Financiar. "The zonal urban plan (PUZ) for this project recently received a positive opinion from the Technical Commission for Territorial Planning and Urbanism (CTATU) of the Cluj County Council, so next year we plan to start work on the new production and storage spaces on this new site," Chief Executive Officer and shareholder Mircea Turdean said. Farmec first announced the investment three years ago, when it estimated the project at EUR 40 million. The development was postponed after the company failed to obtain state aid, while rising construct