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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 October 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 January 2007
Description
Solectron, the US-based manufacturer of electronic equipment and subassemblies, intends to increase the number of employees in the TimiÅŸoara factory by more than 800 workers in the next three months. It was announced by Fabrice Gomez, general manager of the TimiÅŸoara branch.
At present, the company has its global strategic base in TimiÅŸoara with 2,400 permanent and 800 fixed-term employees and is producing 35% of the European equipment production worth EUR 1.2 billion.
„Timisoara has a strategic importance for the Solectron's operations at global level”, stated Fabrice Gomez, the general manager of the Romanian factory.
Sources
25 October 2006: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Solectron Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 64313, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64313.
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