Alka

Type
Business expansion
Country
Romania
Region
Macroregiunea Trei; Sud-Muntenia; Prahova
Location of affected unit(s)
Ploiesti
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.7 - Manufacture of bakery and farinaceous products
10.72 - Manufacture of rusks, biscuits, preserved pastries and cakes
100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
26 October 2017
Employment effect (start)
26 October 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018

Description

Alka Group, which specialises in producing biscuits, cakes, coffee, wafers and savoury snacks, will expand its activities by opening another plant by the end of 2018, resulting in the creation of 100 new jobs. The expansion is a result of a €11,5 million investment. The new plant will open in Ploiesti (Prahova County), and constitutes the Group's second plant in Romania.

The brand was brought to Romania in 1994.

According to the website of the Ministry of Finance, as of 2017, the company has 600 employees.

Sources

  • 26 October 2017: angajatorulmeu.ro
  • 26 October 2017: Wall Steet Romania
  • 26 October 2017: Business-Review.eu
  • 26 October 2017: revistabiz.ro

Citation

Eurofound (2017), Alka, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 92446, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/92446.