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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
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
13 March 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
The German manufacturer of auto vehicle components Continental Romania has announced its intention to hire 1,000 people in 2018. The new jobs will be created at Continental R&D centres (Timisoara, Sibiu, Iasi and Brasov) and production units (Brasov, Sibiu, Timisoara, Carei and Nadab) across the country.
The open positions are for university graduates as well as experienced automotive and software engineers.
Currently, the company has 19,700 employees in Romania.
Last year, in February,March and October, the company advertised other 800 new positions for all its production units and R&D centres.
Sources
13 March 2018: angajatorulmeu.ro
13 March 2018: Profit.ro
13 March 2018: Wall Steet Romania
13 March 2018: transilvaniabusiness.ro
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Continental, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 93579, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93579.
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