Ploiesti the city of black gold

Situated in the south eastern Romania, having a population of over 250, 000 inhabitants, Ploiesti is one of Romania s most important cities, on the second place after Bucharest as for the industrial production.

At a 60 km distance from Bucharest, crossed by the 26 (meridian and the 44 (55 parallel, Ploiesti is the petroleum industrial citadel.

Ploiesti is also known for the production and exportation of the petrochemical, chemical and petroleum equipment, heavy duty bearings, cables, detergents, cloths, furniture, as well for the civil and industrial engineering made abroad.

The economic potential of the city is remarkable, due to the tradition and professionalism of the designing companies (Petrostar, Raytheon engineers & Constructors, IPIP, Comproiect 92, Maad international, in the domain of the chemical and petrochemical equipment, IPCUP S. A. in the domain of drilling and exploitation equipment, ICERP in the domain of petrochemical products, Consproiect in the civil and industrial engineering) due to the activity of some important companies, beginning with the four refineries (Petrotel LUK OIL S. A, Astra Romana, VEGA and S. N. P. Petrom Petrobrazi), and continuing by the distribution firms for petroleum products (S. N. P. Petrom peco Prahova, Shell, MOL Romania), by those in the chemical and petroleum equipment branch (UPETROM 1 MAI, UZUC, UZTEL, 24 Ianuarie, Flintab Romania), by the heavy duty bearings plant that has just been bought by the American company Timken (Timken Romania), by the steel cables plant Cablul Romanesc, by the pipeline oil transport CONPET, by the polyethylene products plant Politeh, by the detergents plant DERO LEVER, by the cloths factory DOrobantul, by the ready made clothes factory Modexim, by the furniture plant ANTECO, by the food and drink plants Societatea de imbuteliat coca cola, Prola, Efes pilsner, Extrapan, DI Apollo Industria carnii, the tobacco industry British American Tobacco, in the printing industry - Mayr Melnhof Packaging Romania, in constructions (Ciprom, Inspet, UMO, Contrasimex, ASCM., CONSTIL). The private initiative led to the creation of some important firms in the construction sector (ROOL Construct, NOVA CONS), in the computer manufacturing (Sprint computers, Platin systems) As any settlement, Ploiesti has always had a leader of its own. First, there were a magistrate and town councillors, afterwards a chairman and an executive committee and finally a mayor and a town council. All of them did their best to solve the town s problems concerning the aspect, the constructions and the public utilities, the salubrity and to contribute to the local economical development, social protection, culture, education and local patrimony.

At first, the municipality did not have premises of its own, renting various buildings. Later on they afforded to get two buildings constructed. The first one (THE OLD TOWN HALL), which used to be situated on the present day Prahova Hotel ...