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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 December 2022
Employment effect (start)
13 December 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023
Description
German developer and manufacturer of lighting technology and electronic products for the automobile industry, HELLA, is to hire 100 people by the end of 2023. The company is further expanding its activities in software and electronics. The latest example is the new centre for development and open testing in Iasi (Iasi County). The Iasi centre initial tasks include software development and testing for 77 GHz radar sensors, a central key technology for assisted and automated driving.
For its R&D centre in Iasi, the company is looking for specialists in system engineering, software development, software testing and system testing. In 2021, the company advertised 250 new jobs for the Craiova (Dolj County) centre.
HELLA has been present in Romania since 2007 and currently employs around 4,500 people. In addition to a regional administrative center, HELLA also maintains three plants and three other development sites in Romania.
Sources
11 October 2022: company official press release (www.hella.com)
Eurofound (2022), Hella Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 108083, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/108083.
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