Type
Business expansion
Country
Romania
Region
Bucuresti; Bucuresti; Ilfov
Location of affected unit(s)
Popeşti-Leordeni (Ilfov county, Bucureşti region)
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Food And Beverage
Manufacture Of Food Products
10.51 - Operation of dairies and cheese making

150 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
26 April 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007

Description

In 2005, Tnuva Romania, a local branch of the major Israeli food producer, started a new investment of EUR 55 million to build a dairy plant and a farm close to Bucharest (Popesti-Leordeni, Ilfov county, Bucureşti region). The company expects EUR 68 million worth of sales within a few years after the start of the production. The investment will total EUR 55 million,

Some 35% of the investment project is financed by de European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Tnuva has bought a 13-hectare building site in Popeşti-Leordeni for the construction of the first factory owned by the group outside Israel. In the first stage, the factory will have a production capacity of 30 million litres of milk per year, and intends to reach a maximum capacity of 60 million litres.

In April 2007 according to the vice-president of the company Tnuva Romania has 150 employees and this number will increase with 150 people by the end of 2007.


Sources

  • 15 December 2005: Ziarul Financiar
  • 23 June 2006: Ziarul Financiar
  • 27 April 2007: Ziarul Financiar

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Tnuva Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 62688, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62688.