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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.10 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
1,700 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
29 January 2017
Foreseen end date
31 July 2017
Description
Ford Romania, a subsidiary of the US multinational car producer Ford Motor, plans to hire 900 persons by the end of 2017. The new employees will be working at a new production facility in Craiova. Almost 820 employees will be unqualified workers and 80 engineers and technical staff.
As of 2017, Ford Romania will start producing the SUV EcoSport model in Craiova.
Update, 12 April 2017: On 6 April 2017, Ford Romania announced that 976 new jobs will be created at the plant in Craiova. The recruitment process has started and it is set to end by 31 July 2017. Currently, Ford Romania has 2,715 employees in Romania.
UPDATED 25/07/2017: On 24 July 2017, Ford Romania announced the creation of 700 new jobs at the plant in Craiova. The recruitment process has started and it is set to end by December 2017. Currently, Ford Romania has 2,860 employees in Romania.
Sources
29 January 2017: Gazeta de Sud
31 January 2017: businessmagazin.ro
6 April 2017: Ziarul Financiar
6 April 2017: angajatorulmeu.ro
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Ford Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 90129, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90129.
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