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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
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 August 2017
Employment effect (start)
16 August 2017
Foreseen end date
28 February 2018
Description
German manufacturer of powder metal transmission systems and components, PMG Sinter, announced its intention to hire 130 employees by February 2018. The new jobs are available at the Brasov plant (Brasov County) which will open in February 2018. The construction of the Brasov plant will start in autumn 2017 and is the eighth plant the company has opened in Europe.
PMG Sinter was founded in 1960 and has seven plants in Germany, Spain, US and China
The company has a total employee base of 1,400 globally.
Sources
16 August 2017: parc-industrial.ro
30 August 2017: angajatorulmeu.ro
30 August 2017: transilvaniabusiness.ro
Citation
Eurofound (2017), PMG Sinter, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 91831, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91831.
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