Interview with Octavian Fanea, CEO of KADRA
“We are starting 2022 with projects contracted at a value 40% higher compared to previous years”
- KADRA reports a 20% increase in turnover in 2021 compared to the previous year
- 2021 – the year KADRA introduced 3 new automated access solutions, a first on the Romanian market
- In 2022, the GO Park application receives new features that facilitate optimal parking management and increase user comfort
- KADRA Service has signed 10-year service and maintenance contracts with international manufacturers, leaders at the European level
“Evolution” – this is the word that, in the opinion of Octavian Fanea, CEO of KADRA, characterizes the company’s journey in 2021, when a 20% increase in turnover was recorded compared to the previous year. KADRA integrated 7 new types of automated access solutions in 2021, “three of which were absolute premieres on the Romanian market – charging and payment stations integrated with parking management systems, the GO Park application that helps quickly identify and pay for a parking spot in the city, automatic revolving doors with a diameter of over 7 meters, rapid roll-up doors with a speed of 3m/s and maximum security level, intelligent smoke vents, and many others,” explains Octavian Fanea. Identifying and capitalizing on opportunities led to a turnover of 40 million lei in 2021.
With a team that reached 90 employees in 2021, KADRA – a 100% Romanian company ranked fourth in the industry, after renowned international players – enjoyed recognition both domestically and internationally.
“The KADRA Service division had the best year of activity. As proof, the maintenance and service activity doubled. We had the chance for our technical team to be recognized and appreciated by external clients and partners. In this regard, we received proposals to take over the maintenance of access solutions from manufacturers, leaders at the European level, and we signed maintenance and service contracts, including for 10 years.”
The pandemic context brought special interest from clients for contactless access systems, both in the medical area and in the commercial or industrial sectors.
“In 2021, we predominantly had requests for entrance automation, probably generated by the pandemic, the natural need to minimize contact, and to increase comfort and safety. We were pleased that through KADRA solutions we could meet the needs for rapid and automatic access, comfort, modern design, durability, reliability, and safety.”
With 80 interventions in state and private hospitals across all regions of the country, KADRA aimed to position itself, through the special projects it proposes, as part of the solution for a safer and more comfortable healthcare system for patients and medical staff. Besides the TORMED program (which includes clean doors for wards, rapid automatic entrances for ambulances, radiology doors, hermetic and semi-hermetic automatic medical doors, etc.), KADRA dedicates time and energy to identifying new complex solutions for hospitals. “We are experiencing a chronic need for a fundamental reconstruction of this sector,” observes the CEO of KADRA, who believes that “it is necessary to build a national strategy in this field, to which KADRA gladly contributes, because we are all interested in things improving more and more in the medical field.”
Regarding the Smart Mobility projects to which KADRA dedicates the activity of an entire department, the company’s CEO considers that Smart City has already moved from the concept stage to the development direction of European cities. There is major interest in this regard in Romania as well, and KADRA will continue investments in this direction in 2022.
“This year we will carry out the first Bike Tower projects – a product that changes the way we travel in crowded metropolitan areas and is included in the green city concept. On the other hand, the GO PARK application will see accelerated spread and will receive new features that facilitate optimal parking management and increase user comfort.”
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