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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23.1 - Manufacture of glass and glass products
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 June 2018
Employment effect (start)
4 June 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
The French-owned glass firm Saint Gobain announced it will create about 120 new jobs at its new plant in Calarasi (Calarasi County), by the start of 2019.
The construction of the new plant was announced in the media in 2017 and the company is reported to have invested around €180 million in its construction.
In Romania, Saint-Gobain operates in 11 industrial sites in Brasov (Brasov County), Branesti (Ilfov County), Calarasi (Calarasi County), Ploiesi (Prahova County), Satu Mare (Satu Mare County), Tulcea (Tulcea County), Turda (Cluj County) and Suceava (Suceava County).
As of May 2018, the company has a workforce of 1,000 in Romania.
Sources
4 June 2018: adevarul.ro
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Saint Gobain, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 94212, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94212.
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