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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
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
26 January 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Romanian subsidiary of German car component manufacturer Preh has announced the creation of 100 new jobs by the end of 2017 at its factory in Ghimbav, east-central Romania. Established in 2008, the Ghimbav plant has an employee base of 1,000 people. Most of the open positions are for technicians and car component assemblers.
Preh Romania produces electrical and electronic car components for Audi, Porsche, BMW and Daimler. The company intends to invest 13 million euro in new production units in 2017 and it expects to reach a total workforce of 1,400 employees by the end of 2019.
Sources
26 January 2017: Ziarul Financiar
23 December 2016: bizbrasov.ro
22 December 2016: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Preh Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 89966, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89966.
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