Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
German engineering and electronics company Bosch is to hire 500 people at the Cluj and Blaj plants. The group intends to invest 40 milllion Euro in these plants. Bosch Romania produces electronic control units for driving assistance, safety components and systems for automotive and power management. Recently new projects on mobility solutions have been introduced at the Jucu and Blaj plants. The Cluj plant will focus on connectivity and industry 4.0 solutions.
In Romania, Bosch Service Solutions has 3,200 employees in Cluj (Cluj County), Blaj (Alba County) and Timisoara (Timis County).
Bosch is a German group which has been operating in Romania since 2000.
Update, 14 June 2016: German group Bosch is to hire 340 people at car component manufacturing plant plant in Jucu, Cluj County, north-western Romania. Up to 100 positions are for operating technicians and some 110 are for administrative clerks, but there are also jobs for production and automation engineers, programmers, division managers and electricians. According to media reports, the Jucu plant has tripled its production capacity since its opening in May 2014.
Eurofound (2016), Bosch, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 87605, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/87605.
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