Yazaki Systems Automotive

Type
Business expansion
Country
Romania
Region
Macroregiunea Trei; Sud-Muntenia; Prahova
Location of affected unit(s)
Urlati
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
29.31 - Manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment for motor vehicles
120 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
2 September 2014
Employment effect (start)
2 September 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014

Description

Yazaki, Japanese world's producer of wiring harnesses for the automotive industry, is to create 120 jobs for the new production unit in Urlati (Prahova county), starting in September 2014. It is expected that until April 2015, 1,000 people will work there. Additionally, 3,000 more jobs are foreseen in Braila, where the company is investing in a new plant.

So far, the Japanese auto parts manufacturer employs 4,700 people in Romania, at the two plants in Ploiesti and Arad and two workshops in Caracal and Timisoara.

Sources

  • 2 September 2014: Jurnalul de Prahova
  • 26 September 2014: Ziarul Financiar

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Yazaki Systems Automotive, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 77657, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77657.