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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 November 2016
Employment effect (start)
15 November 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Local subsidiary of Swedish car safety systems manufacturer Autoliv is to hire 400 people in 2017 for the new plant in Onesti (Bacau County). The company currently employs 9,500 people across its plants in Lugoj, Brasov, Resita, Prejmer and Sfantu Gheorghe, and the research and development (R&D) centres in Timisoara and Brasov.
Autoliv opened its first plant in 1997 in Brasov and it produces car safety systems. In 2007, the company opened a new plant in Lugoj (Timis County) as a result of a 30 million euro investment.
Autoliv has announced another job creation in June this year.
Sources
15 November 2016: bizbrasov.ro
9 December 2016: Ziarul Financiar
9 December 2016: romaniajournal.ro
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Autoliv, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 89481, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/89481.