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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 October 2018
Employment effect (start)
5 October 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
The Chinese manufacturer of automotive interiors, QUIN GmbH, is to hire 100 people at its plant in Ghimbav, Brasov County, by the end of 2018. Quin, which focuses on the production of car components for clients like Volkswagen, BMW, Audi, Porsche and Rolls Royce, is looking for 100 more operators in production due to high demand.
As of November 2018, the company employs 1,500 people at its factory in Ghimbav, which was inaugurated in 2008. Globally, Quin operates in five locations- Germany, Romania, Poland, China and Mexico. Previous restructuring took place in 2016, when the company created 170 jobs.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Quin, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 95809, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95809.
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