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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.51 - Manufacture of electric domestic appliances
700 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The German home appliance manufacturer, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, announced it will hire 700 workers at a new plant in Simeria plant (Hunedoara County) by 2020. The company is planning to invest €110 million into the new washing machine plant, the construction of which will start in early summer this year. Besides the plant, the company will build a logistics centre and an administration building.
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH is part of the Bosch Group.
The Bosch Group has 61,800 employees in 40 plants across 50 countries.
Sources
28 March 2018: transilvaniabusiness.ro
28 March 2018: Profit.ro
28 March 2018: Forbes Romania
28 March 2018: businessmagazin.ro
Citation
Eurofound (2018), BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 93698, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93698.
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