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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
190 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 January 2018
Employment effect (start)
5 January 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
The Romanian subsidiary of the German car component manufacturer, Preh, has announced the creation of 190 new jobs by the end of 2018 at its factory in Ghimbav, East-Central Romania. Established in 2008, the Ghimbav plant employs about 1,100 people. Most of the open positions are for electromechanical installers, unskilled workers, engineers, software programmers and car component assemblers.
Preh Romania produces electrical and electronic car components for Audi, Porsche, BMW and Daimler. The company invested €13 million in new production units in 2017 and expects to reach a total workforce of 1,400 employees by the end of 2019.
Sources
5 January 2018: produsinardeal.ro
5 January 2018: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Preh, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 93085, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93085.
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