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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.10 - Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 April 2019
Employment effect (start)
15 April 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
Combinatul Siderurgic Galaţi, formally knows as ArcelorMittal Galați and Sidex Galați, plans to train 500 people and hire 200 of them by the end of 2019. The plant, located in Galaţi, is the largest iron-processing factory in Romania. The company established apprenticeships for young people, but also experienced workers who are willing to work in the steel industry. The recruiting process is part of the development projects which were set to be implemented this year and next year. Currently, the company employs 5,682 people in Romania.
Eurofound (2019), ArcelorMittal Galaţi, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 97568, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97568.
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