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Ploiesti (Prahova county, South region, 120 new jobs) and Sibiu (Sibiu county, Centre region, 120 new jobs)
Sector
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles 47 - Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
240 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 December 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
OBI Romania, building materials stores operator, part of the German group Tengelmann, announced the opening in 2010 of two new stores employing 120 people each as a result of an investment of 10 million euro. The new stores are located in Ploiesti (Prahova county, South region) and Sibiu (Sibiu county, Centre region). At the end of 2008, the first year in Romania, the company has 426 employees and reported total sales for 5 million euros.
Sources
22 December 2009: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2009), OBI Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 70018, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70018.
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