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Urziceni (Ialomita county, South region) and Buzau (Buzau county, South-East region).
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Wearing Apparel 14 - Manufacture of wearing apparel
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 February 2008
Employment effect (start)
15 February 2008
Foreseen end date
Description
Alison Hayes, the Romanian local subsidiary of the British manufacturer of ladies clothing, announced that it is to create 300 new jobs of which 150 at its factory in Urziceni (Lalomita county, South region) and other 150 in Buzau (Buzau county, South region). This business expansion is linked to the launch of four new production lines. Corina Stoica, financial manager of Alison Hayes, stated that there is a need to further develop the market of ladies clothing in Romania and prepare the conditions for close cooperation with big retailers as soon as they start to operate in the country.
As of February 2008, there is no information on when the 300 new jobs will be created by.
Sources
13 February 2008: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Alison Hayes Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 66299, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66299.
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