The local subsidiary of the Swedish group Autoliv had 6,300 employees in December 2013.
“We increased the number of jobs by more than 1,600 in 2013. We plan an increase by more than 500 employees this year,” said Ionel Fierbinteanu, managing director of Autoliv Romania.
The company has plants in Brasov, Prejmer, Lugoj, Sfantu Gheorghe and Resita (central and western Romania), two engineering and development centers in Brasov and Timisoara and a European IT competence and support center for Autoliv subsidiaries in Romania and Europe.
Autoliv makes products such as seat belts, airbag modules, airbags and steering wheels in its plants in Romania and ships its production to BMW, Volkswagen, Renault, Ford and Daimler. It was one of the top five exporters of automotive components in Romania in 2013.
“Autoliv Romania had a good year in terms of revenue in 2013 and we expect revenue to go up about 15% year-on-year in 2014,” Fierbinteanu said without providing further details.
The company officials had previously stated that they budgeted EUR490 million revenue for 2013, up from the almost 1.9 billion lei (about EUR424 million) in 2012. (EUR1=RON4.4779)
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)