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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 November 2009
Employment effect (start)
16 November 2009
Foreseen end date
Description
The German manufacturer of electric domestic appliances Miele Tehnica announced the intention to hire 300 employees in the factory located in Brasov. For the time being, the plant has 80 employees. The total investment in the new plant was 24 million euro worth. One of the reasons for choosing the Brasov plant is the proximity to the 'Transilvania' University where part of the future workforce will come from.Last year the German group reported a global turnover of 2.7 billion euro and had a total workforce of 16,000 people.
Sources
12 November 2009: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Miele Tehnica, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 69933, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69933.
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