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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
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 May 2007
Employment effect (start)
30 May 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
The Brandl-Ro company, part of the German Group Brandl GmbH, manufacturer of motor vehicles components announced that by the end of 2008 it would hire 300 persons in the site of Sibiu.
According to the company representatives, the number of employees will increase to 650 as result of the strong expansion of the market.
For the first quarter of 2007 the company turnover increased by 30% as compared with the same period in the previous year. In 2006, the turnover of the company in Sibiu was EUR 8.5 million.
Until now the company has invested over EUR 8 million in Sibiu.
Eurofound (2007), Brandl-Ro, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 65426, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65426.
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