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Winner · Best Performance Improvement · HIVE Germany 2026

About LIQUIDLAB
Magento is all we do.

A Magento agency from Constanța, and Romania's first full-service Hyvä agency. We build Magento 2 stores, move stores to Magento, take over existing ones and keep them fast and secure.

  • 12+ yearsin the Magento ecosystem, the only platform we work on
  • First in Romaniapartner for Hyvä (since 2024), ElasticSuite, Algolia, Connectif, Hypernode, Mollie and Oct8ne
  • No middlemenyou talk to the people who write the code, the founder included
  • Constanța, Romaniawe work in Romanian and English
Who we are

A Magento agency. Only Magento.

LIQUIDLAB is a Magento agency based in Constanța, Romania. We build new Magento 2 stores, move stores to Magento from Magento 1, Shopify or WooCommerce, and take over any Magento store, with or without Hyvä. Magento is the only platform we work on, and we have more than 12 years in its ecosystem.

Hyvä is the default frontend on every store we build. We have been a Hyvä partner since 2024, the first in Romania, and we are Romania's first full-service Hyvä agency: the same team handles the audit, the build or the migration, the hosting on Liquid Framework and the support after launch.

We work in Romanian or English. Every request goes through ClickUp, so you can see where each one stands at any time.

The award

Best Performance Improvement, HIVE Germany 2026

On 21 October 2026, at the Pyramide in Mainz, LIQUIDLAB won Best Performance Improvement at HIVE Germany, the ecommerce showcase by Mollie and Hyvä. A jury picked the finalists, each finalist presented a case on stage, and the people in the room voted for the winner.

We presented Vitacom, a Romanian electronics retailer trading since 1991. The store was already on Magento 2 and Hyvä when it came to us. We kept both, and its server now answers in 12 ms instead of 15,814 ms, on eight times less hardware.

The glass Best Performance Improvement trophy from HIVE Germany 2026 in its open box, with Hyvä and HIVE balloons behind it
The trophy, at HIVE Germany 2026 in Mainz.
How we work

Secure, simplify, accelerate

Every store we take on goes through the same three steps, in this order. Each step goes live on its own, and we measure the result before we start the next one.

  1. Secure

    We install the missing Magento patches, close exposed entry points such as public test sites, turn on two-factor sign-in and move the store to a server built for what Magento needs.

  2. Simplify

    We remove the modules the store does not need, replace extensions that compete for the same job, and rebuild custom code that puts data at risk.

  3. Accelerate

    We roll out Liquid Framework, our Hyvä accelerator, with Hyvä Checkout, then size the server to the store. We check the result with Google's data from real visitors, not with lab scores.

Proof

Measured on a live store

Award-winning · HIVE Germany 2026

Vitacom

Electronics retailer with a public store, B2B and export on one Magento installation. Same Magento, same Hyvä.

  • 15,814 ms → 12 ms

    server response time

  • 8x

    less hardware: from 64 cores and 256 GB of RAM to 8 cores and 32 GB

Read the Vitacom case study

Equitana

Equestrian store, moved from Magento 1 to Magento 2 and Hyvä.

Read the Equitana case study
OUR TEAM

The people behind LIQUIDLAB

The people who build and look after your store. You work with them directly.

Alexandru-Manuel Cărăbuș

Alexandru-Manuel Cărăbuș

Founder, CEO & CTO

Magento expert with 12+ years of experience and a passion for performance optimization.

Stefan Dulca

Stefan Dulca

Marketing Automation Engineer

Alexandru Constantinescu

Alexandru Constantinescu

Magento & Hyvä Engineer

Amalia Vladuc

Amalia Vladuc

Social Media & Communications Manager

Andrei Borcea

Andrei Borcea

Business Development Manager

Denis

Infrastructure Engineer

“You’re not talking to an account manager. You’re talking to the person who built your store.”

Alexandru-Manuel Cărăbușfounder, CEO and CTO
Partners

The first partner in Romania

For each of these platforms, LIQUIDLAB was the first partner in Romania.

  • First in Romania

    Hyvä

    Hyvä partner since 2024, the first in Romania. Hyvä is the frontend on every store we build.

    About Hyvä
  • First in Romania

    ElasticSuite

    The first ElasticSuite partner in Romania. Search, filters and merchandising for Magento Open Source, included in Liquid Framework.

    About ElasticSuite
  • First in Romania

    Algolia

    The first Algolia partner in Romania. Instant search, on the store's own Algolia plan.

    About Algolia
  • First in Romania

    Connectif

    Certified partner since October 2026, the first in Romania. Customer data and marketing automation, connected to Magento.

    About Connectif
  • First in Romania

    Hypernode

    The first Hypernode partner in Romania. Managed hosting built for Magento.

    About Hypernode
  • First in Romania

    Mollie

    The first Mollie partner in Romania. Online payments for Magento stores.

  • First in Romania

    Oct8ne

    The first Oct8ne partner in Romania. Visual live chat for online stores.

We also work with NVision, theMarketer and euPlatesc.

We built the Hyvä Checkout compatibility modules for euPlatesc, Innoship and Cargus, open source on GitHub.

Hyvä lists Liquid Framework on hyva.io among the accelerator packages of its partner agencies.

Events

Where the Magento community meets, we show up

We sponsor, exhibit and listen at the events where Magento and Hyvä move forward, then write up what matters for merchants.

  1. HIVE Germany 2026, Mainz

    Winner, Best Performance Improvement
    Read the post: HIVE Germany 2026, 21 Oct 2026
  2. GPeC SUMMIT, Bucharest

    Our stand
    Read the post: GPeC SUMMIT, 13 Oct 2026
  3. Meet Magento France 2026, Paris

    Attendee
    Read the post: Meet Magento France 2026, 25 Jun 2026
  4. Meet Magento Italy 2026, Florence

    Bronze Sponsor
    Read the post: Meet Magento Italy 2026, 11 Jun 2026
  5. GPeC SUMMIT, Bucharest

    Our first stand
    Read the post: GPeC SUMMIT, 26 May 2026
  6. Hyvä Developers Paradise 2026, Marbella

    Sponsor
    Read the post: Hyvä Developers Paradise 2026, April 2026
  7. The Base Event 2026, Bucharest

    Attendee
    Read the post: The Base Event 2026, 1 Apr 2026
  8. Meet Magento Netherlands 2025, Amsterdam

    Attendee
    Read the post: Meet Magento Netherlands 2025, 6 Nov 2025
  9. eCommerce Talks 2025, Bucharest

    Attendee
    Read the post: eCommerce Talks 2025, 25 Sep 2025
  10. Meet Magento Netherlands 2024, Amsterdam

    Where LIQUIDLAB began
    Read the post: Meet Magento Netherlands 2024, 31 Oct 2024

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