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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
275 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 May 2016
Employment effect (start)
18 May 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Japanese car component manufacturer Sews has leased 3,000 square metres from the former Heineken factory at Hateg, Romania. At the site, the company employs up to 320 individuals, producing cables for car manufacturers such as Renault and Mercedes. In 2015, the Hateg plant was opened after the company moved its production from Slovakia to Romania.
SEWS plans to hire 150 people in 2016 at the Hateg plant.
In Romania, Sumitomo Electric Wiring System (SEWS) started its investments in 2000 by opening plants in Deva (Hunedoara County), Orastie and Alba Iulia (Alba County).
Update, 27 June 2016: Japanese cable producing company Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems (SEWS) has announced up to 125 job openings for its production units in Alba-Iulia, Deva and Orastie, Romania. Most jobs are for unqualified workers and are for the assembly and mounting of components. Most jobs are for the auto wiring factory in Deva, where there are 85 jobs availabilities, while for the plants in Alba-Iulia and Orastie SEWS plans to hire 30 and 10 individuals respectively.
Sources
18 May 2016: Ziarul Financiar
2 September 2015: capital.ro
2 September 2015: romaniatv.net
27 June 2016: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 87612, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87612.
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