Bucharest, May 6, 2020 – As part of the efforts against the Coronavirus pandemic, the GRAMPET Group has started a national campaign donating a state-of-the-art testing device and 1,000 tests each to Public Health Directorates in centres where the group operates – Deva, Craiova, Iași, Constanța, Galați, Ploiești, Timișoara, Bucharest, and Debrecen – Hungary.
“At local level, our companies are important employers generating significant economic contributions. This position comes with great social responsibility towards local communities, especially in such difficult times,” Gruia Stoica, President of the GRAMPET Group, said. “We set out to contribute to the testing effort – a key factor in eradicating the pandemic, and we purchased ten eCL8000-Automated ECL Immunoassay Analyzers certified by the Chinese Ministry of Health, and several thousand test kits. These state-of-the-art devices now available in our country have a processing speed of 86 tests per hour and generate results in 18 minutes.”
The first devices were donated last week to the Public Health Directorates from Deva, Iasi and Craiova, together with 1,000 tests each. In the coming days, the campaign will continue in Constanța, Galați, Ploiești, Timișoara, Bucharest and Debrecen.
About GRAMPET Group
Established almost 20 years ago, GRAMPET is today the largest private rail freight and logistics operator in Romania and Southeast Europe. Its 16-company structure is strategically designed to span the entire chain of rail transport solutions and products, thus offering clients an integrated experience at the highest level of competence: freight railway transport, building, repairs and upgrading of rolling stock, spare parts production, lease of rolling stock, freight transhipment, logistic services, as well as innovative IT solutions for railway operators.
With a declared objective to connect the Atlantic Ocean through the North Sea, to the Pacific, through the South China Sea, GRAMPET Group is one of the main drivers for the development of transport corridors that connect Europe to Asia.
Its flagship company Grup Feroviar Român (GFR) is one of the main rail freight operators in Romania and Southeast Europe. Currently, over 20% of traffic is international, with GFR offering complex logistic solutions to rail sector customers.
GFR is a member of all representative international organizations and has cooperation agreements with both state railway operators (BDZ Cargo, UZ, CFM, PKP Cargo, ZK, RCH, HZ Cargo, ZBIH) and private railway operators from Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, and Germany.
The Group’s companies Reva Simeria, Electroputere VFU Pascani, Reloc Craiova, and Electroputere VFU Craiova account for an important share of the Romanian rolling stock repairing market
In parallel, the group has an intense research and development activity, aimed at developing technical solutions that provide clients with a transparent and real-time experience. In 2017, GFR launched the E-CLIENT GFR portal, a first for Romania and Southeast Europe, which facilitates the management of the traditional carrier – customer-company relationship, from posting of orders to service invoicing, while going through essential stages such as ordering empty wagons, drafting transport contracts, providing unhindered access to process information, intelligent alert systems for decision-makers, and automated reporting.