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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
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 September 2020
Employment effect (start)
24 September 2020
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
Adient Trim, a Romanian subsidiary of Adient plc, an American Irish-domiciled company that manufactures automotive seating, announced that it will create 200 new jobs in Ploiesti (Prahova County). The company seeks to recruit the 200 sewing machine operators by the end of 2020.
Adient Trim currently has 1,800 employees. According to a plant manager, the company seeks to recruit additional employees as demand in the automotive industry shows signs of recovery.
Adient employs 6,000 workers in Romania across seven plants: Jimbolia and Timisoara (Timis County); Craiova (Dolj County); Poiana Lacului, Pitesti and Bradu (Arges County) and Ploiesti (Prahova County).
Worldwide, the company has a workforce of 85,000 employees in 234 plants across 34 countries.
Eurofound (2020), Adient Trim, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 101960, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101960.
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