Bosch has been present in Blaj since 2007, when it opened Drive and Control, also known as Bosch Rexroth, a production facility for linear-motion technology.
The new plant will be part of Bosch Rexroth and will manufacture Chassis Systems Control products, representatives of the company said.
Moreover, Bosch will open a new production facility in Cluj-Napoca this year, in a EUR77 million investment. The new unit will employ 300 people and will produce electronic control units for the automotive industry. Bosch started works on the car part production unit in 2012.
Bosch has been operating on the Romanian market since 1994 and owns a sales company for power tools, thermo-technology, security systems and automotive aftermarket products in capital city Bucharest, and a communications center in Timisoara.
The German company registered sales of EUR180 million in Romania in 2012, down 4.5% on the year.
In the 2012 fiscal year, Bosch registered global turnover of EUR52.5 billion and gross profit of EUR2.8 billion. It employs 305,900 people.
Romania expects car industry investments of tens of millions of euros this year. In April, German group Daimler said it would invest over EUR300 million in expanding the automatic transmission production for Mercedes-Benz at its Romanian subsidiary in Sebes, central Romania.