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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
1,600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 September 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
French car parts producer Faurecia will invest EUR 8 million in its largest production unit in Romania, located in Budesti, 20 km from Ramnicu Valcea, where it will hire 1,600 employees.
The construction of this factory has already begun, according to the company. It will cover 12,000 sqm and will be completed by February 2016. According to the authorities, Faurencia will benefit from reduced local taxes for the next four years.
The company produces car parts for Ford, Renault-Nissan, Peugeot, BMW, Daimler, General Motors, Toyota, and Hyundai. In Romania, Faurecia has other three factories in Pitesti (Arges County, South Romania), in Craiova (Dolj County, South-Vest Romania) and Talmaciu (Sibiu County, Centre Romania).
Sources
20 September 2015: Focus Energetic
21 September 2015: Adevarul
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Faurecia, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 85042, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/85042.
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