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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.31 - Manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment for motor vehicles
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 April 2015
Employment effect (start)
22 April 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
Leoni Wiring Systems Arad, subsidiary of the Leoni Group, is to create 500 jobs at its factory in Arad by the end of 2015. The company intends to fill 400 positions for production workers and 100 more for managerial staff. Leoni Group is a German manufacturer of electrical and electronic equipment for motor vehicles. It owns three factories in Romania, in Arad, Bistrita and Pitesti, with about 10,000 employees, which produce car parts for Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler.
Sources
22 April 2015: Adevarul
22 April 2015: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Leoni Wiring Systems Arad, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 83831, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/83831.
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