Market Entry · 2026
What market entry really costs
Registration is the cheap part. The expensive part is the eighteen months that follow.
Setting up a company in Romania is administrative. Building something that works is not.
Insights
Notes from the corridor.
Romania · 2026
Constanța as an entry point
What a Black Sea port actually means for an Asian manufacturer looking at the European Union.
A port is only useful if the rest of the chain works. Berth capacity matters less than what happens in the forty kilometres behind it: rail paths, storage, customs handling, road access, and the people who run them.
For companies shipping from Asia, Constanța shortens the distance to Central and Eastern Europe. It also puts a Romanian operating question on the table — where goods are stored, processed, and who handles them locally.
We look at that question the way an operator does, not the way a brochure does.
Singapore · 2026
Singapore as an Asian platform
Why a Singapore base changes the conversation with European counterparties.
Singapore is a working base, not a letterhead. It sits inside Asian trade, finance and logistics, and it is understood in Europe.
Industrial · 2026
Industrial land and the long lead time
Site selection is a two-year decision made in the first two months.
Utilities, permitting, access and labour availability decide whether a site works. They are also the items most often assumed rather than checked.
Infrastructure · 2026
Energy and the industrial case
Power availability has become one of the first questions in any European industrial investment.
Connection timelines, grid capacity and tariff structures now shape site selection as much as land price.
Investment · 2026
Commodities and the corridor
Trading experience is a useful lens on how a corridor behaves under pressure.
Hillway's commercial background includes trade in agricultural products such as sugar, wheat, sunflower oil and rapeseed oil.