Haier

Type
Business expansion
Country
Romania
Region
Macroregiunea Trei; Sud-Muntenia; Prahova
Location of affected unit(s)
Ariceștii Rahtivani
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
27.5 - Manufacture of domestic appliances
27.5 - Manufacture of domestic appliances
700 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
5 August 2020
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2021
Foreseen end date
31 January 2021

Description

Chinese multinational home appliances and consumer electronics company Haier announced it will create 700 new jobs at its new Ariceștii Rahtivani plant, near Ploiesti (Prahova County), by the beginning of 2021. The management of the Chinese group announced its intention to move the production of Rosières ovens from Lunery, France to Romania.

The plant is responsible for the production of refrigerators-freezers and it attracted investments amounting to €50 million.

The Lunery plant will be closed by the beginning of 2021 and all 72 employees will be dismissed.

Operational since 1984, the company currently has 122 plants and 108 research and development centres across the world.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2020), Haier, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 101680, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/101680.