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Retail Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Wholesale Of Household Goods 46.43 - Wholesale of electrical household appliances
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 May 2022
Employment effect (start)
25 May 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
ELBI Electric & Lighting, a Romanian manufacturer of electrical equipment, lighting sources and industrial and decorative lighting fixtures, intends to recruit 150 people by the end of 2022. Following an investment of more than €3 million in equipment and automation systems, the company will inaugurate a new warehouse near Bucharest in November.
In Romania, ELBI is a market leader in indoor and outdoor lighting technologies. The company has warehouses in Bucharest, Iasi (Iasi County), Baia Mare (Maramures County), Constanta (Constanta County), Brasov (Brasov County), Timisoara (Timis County), Bistrita (Bistrita-Nasaud County).
ELBI Electric & Lighting was established in 1996 and in 2021 and has a workforce of 142.
Eurofound (2022), ELBI Electric & Lighting, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 106854, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106854.
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