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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.11 - Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres
180 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
10 March 2017
Foreseen end date
30 April 2017
Description
Romanian subsidiary of German automotive parts producer Continental plans to create 180 new jobs in Romania by the end of this year. The new jobs will be created at the factory and research and development (R&D) centre in Brasov, central Romania. The open positions are for both university graduates and secondary education graduates.
Currently, the company has 1,400 employees at the factory and research and development (R&D) centre in Brasov.
The company announced another business expansion last month, which will result in the creation of another 420 jobs at the factory and R&D centre in Sibiu.
Sources
10 March 2017: Profit.ro
10 March 2017: 0-100.hotnews.ro
10 March 2017: capital.ro
10 March 2017: company official press release
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Continental, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 90511, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90511.
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