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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.31 - Manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment for motor vehicles
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 September 2014
Employment effect (start)
2 September 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
Yazaki, Japanese world's producer of wiring harnesses for the automotive industry, is to create 120 jobs for the new production unit in Urlati (Prahova county), starting in September 2014. It is expected that until April 2015, 1,000 people will work there. Additionally, 3,000 more jobs are foreseen in Braila, where the company is investing in a new plant.
So far, the Japanese auto parts manufacturer employs 4,700 people in Romania, at the two plants in Ploiesti and Arad and two workshops in Caracal and Timisoara.
Sources
2 September 2014: Jurnalul de Prahova
26 September 2014: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Yazaki Systems Automotive, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 77657, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77657.
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