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Industrial Park Tetarom II, Cluj Napoca (Cluj County, North West region)
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 April 2008
Employment effect (start)
15 April 2008
Foreseen end date
15 April 2008
Description
In April 2008, Emerson, an American automation technology company, inaugurated a new factory located in the Industrial Park Tetarom II in Cluj Napoca. The factory started production with 200 employees and the representatives of the company estimated that the number of employees will increase by 500 in 2009 and 2,000 in the next four year (by the end of 2011). EUR 120 million were invested in the new factory which will produce gas regulators for industrial and domestic use, electrical equipments for gas sector, and equipments for construction and electrical power generators.
Sources
17 April 2008: Economistul
16 April 2008: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Emerson Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 66519, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66519.
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