“Alstom Romania is looking to expand its team and hire highly trained engineers over the next three years,” the company said in a press release.
The company currently has 1,050 employees in Romania, a strategic market for the group, Porcherot said.
The company operates in thermal power plant rehabilitation, supplies railway signaling systems, provides maintenance services to Bucharest subway company Metrorex and offers services for the production, distribution and transport of electricity.
Porcherot said the company’s most profitable activity in Romania is in the transport sector and Alstom’s turnover was stable in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, at around EUR80 million.
“Transport activities account for about 50% of our business here,” Porcherot added.
Porcherot was appointed president of Alstom Romania in May 2013 and also coordinates the group’s activities in Bulgaria and Moldova.