Top manufacturer of critical process equipment

Headquartered in Bucharest, Walter Tosto WTB is recognized as one of the biggest manufacturers in Europe and leading worldwide supplier of critical and long lead process equipment such as Reactors, Separators, Heat Exchangers, Large columns & Heavy drums, Coke drums, Waste Heat Boilers, Condensers, Urea/Ammonia/Methanol Process Equipment for Refineries, Fertilizer Plants, Chemical and Petrochemical Plants, Nuclear and Power Plants.

From the origins to nowadays

Walter Tosto WTB, formerly FECNE Nuclear Components, was one of the main suppliers of pressure vessels, heat exchangers and heavy welded structures in Romania. The company started its activity as a part of Heavy Machine Works Bucharest (IMGB) established in 1968. Fecne was an important point in the collaboration program between the French and Romanian governments (1979), as President Mitterrand provided to President Ceausescu the drawings and the specifications of the Framatome Usine (today AREVA Saint Marcel).

In 1980, under Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL), Fecne began to manufacture heavy welded components for nuclear power plants. It was involved in the manufacturing of critical items for Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plants in Romania, as well as Candu 6 in Canada.

After its privatization in 1992, several changes of owners took turns. The company was indeed acquired by Kvaerner (1998), Tender Energy Group (2002), Romenergo (2006) and finally by Walter Tosto Spa (2012), as Walter Tosto WTB.

As part of the Tosto Group, Walter Tosto WTB is continuously growing over the years, not only in terms of employees and turnover but also in terms of production capacity. For these reasons, an additional workshop was built in Oltenita to expand the manufacturing capabilities and to facilitate the transportation by river of the oversized items.