Romanian company Simtel to open the country's first industrial cleaning robot factory

On October 14, 2025, Romanian engineering and technology company Simtel (BVB: SMTL) announced that its subsidiary Agora Robotics will open a factory for industrial cleaning robots in the city of Baikoy, Prahova County. The official launch is scheduled for November and will mark the company's transition from prototypes to mass production, BalkanEngineer.com learned from a press release issued by the company. "Our product is ready for scaling up, and we already have partners waiting for us in markets such as Germany. In November, we will open the first robot factory in Romania, which will mark the beginning of industrialization," said Bogdan Lebu, marketing director at Agora Robotics.

The factory will start with 10,000 m2 of logistics space and will be expanded by another 5,000 m2 in the future, said Julian Nedy, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Simtel. According to him, large-scale commercialization of the products is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2026.

Agora Robotics has already tested its cleaning robots in shopping malls, warehouses, and underground parking lots. In 2025, the company managed to optimize its hardware and software and reduce production costs, enabling a transition to mass production. The solution has been presented at a number of international forums, including Hannover, Berlin, Automatica Munich, as well as exhibitions in Brasov and Dubai, where its high commercial potential has been confirmed.

According to plans for 2026, Agora Robotics will develop in four main directions: mass production, national expansion, creation of sales and service teams, and international expansion with a focus on Germany, Austria, Sweden, and Luxembourg. The company is also preparing a Series A financing round to accelerate its entry into European markets.

In parallel with robotics, Simtel continues to diversify its business. At the end of September 2025, the group established a subsidiary, Simtel Nordics, in Stockholm, which will serve the Scandinavian countries in the field of energy storage and infrastructure maintenance.

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