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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.11 - Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres
420 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
21 February 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Romanian subsidiary of German automotive parts producer Continental plans to create 420 new jobs in Romania by the end of this year. The new jobs will be created at the factory and research and development (R&D) centre in Sibiu, central Romania. The open positions are for both university graduates and secondary education graduates.
Last year the company created 1,000 new jobs at Continental R&D centres in Timisoara, Sibiu, Iasi and Brasov as well as production units across the country (Brasov, Sibiu, Timisoara, Carei and Nadab).
Sources
21 February 2017: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Continental, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 90327, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90327.
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