Gabriel Tomescu, BMF Group: “The facility management industry helps the automotive sector achieve zero downtime in production processes”

“BMF Group is a Romanian company with more than 15 years of activity and over 5,000 colleagues, providing infrastructure services both for the automotive industry and for other sectors. We operate across all industries present in Romania—retail, office, manufacturing, oil & gas, banking, HoReCa. Our services are present in all the buildings you visit.

BMF Group, and the facility management industry in general, is a key player for the automotive sector in the sense that we ensure the entire infrastructure and the necessary conditions for the automotive industry to produce components, vehicles, semiconductors, and more,” stated Gabriel Tomescu, CEO of BMF Group, during the Automotive Forum 2025 organized by Automotive Today and The Diplomat-Bucharest.

Key statements:

• “We ensure the electrical power supply for all these facilities, we make sure the workspaces are better and safer for the personnel operating in this industry, and we handle climate control, lighting, all to ensure that staff remain motivated and productive.”

• “The facility management industry—and our company in particular—is an important and strategic partner for the automotive sector because we provide several essential elements.

The first is zero downtime. In this industry, every minute in production is critical and extremely costly. Therefore, we are the ones who ensure—better said, guarantee—zero downtime through the integrated facility management services we provide, including technical maintenance, energy efficiency, and technology solutions for all facility management activities, industrial cleaning, security, and building operations, whether production halls, testing facilities, or office spaces.”

• “Our activity also plays a crucial role in productivity and competitiveness for the automotive industry. Through the support services we deliver and through enhancing building energy efficiency, we help our automotive partners become more competitive, reduce utility consumption, and operate more efficiently.”

• “For more than 10 years, we have been implementing efficient building management solutions and improving systems and installations—from lighting to HVAC to photovoltaic panels—so that our clients can achieve the lowest possible carbon footprint.”

• “We must be extremely flexible and highly scalable. The only solution is to create productivity and remain competitive. How can you reduce costs? There is only one way: reduce human resource usage and optimize processes as much as possible.

• We can do this only through technology. Today, we have implemented IoT solutions, we use robotic systems—from cleaning to technical maintenance. We use AI to interpret and leverage data so that we can help our clients make data-driven decisions.”