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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.4 - Manufacture of electric lighting equipment
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 September 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
The Austrian group Zumtobel intends to set up a factory manufacturing lighting equipment and electric lamps in the Curtici–Arad Free Zone (Vest region, Arad County).
‘The project will be carried out in several stages, with €5 million initially invested in building the factory. Zumtobel will secure a concession of 4.5 hectares for the project. The factory will be finalised by the end of 2006 but investments will continue over the following two-three years so that the total value of the project will exceed €20 million, the free zone representative specified. In addition to lighting equipment, the factory will also manufacture other electrical systems. The project will create about 100 jobs and the products will be sold mainly in Western Europe as well as locally.
The Austrian Group Zumtobel has production units in almost 100 countries across Europe, North America, Australia and Asia and is one of the few global players on the lighting equipment market.
Sources
7 September 2005: Economistul
6 September 2005: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Zumtobel, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 62215, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62215.
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