The figures only serve for statistical purposes and have not been audited yet, since the seven companies have not filed their financial statements.
The exports of the group rose by 11.2% to EUR1.85 billion year-on-year. Exports account for 91% of the revenue. Moreover, the Continental group continued to expand so it increased its number of employees to almost 15,400 by the end of 2014, leaving Automobile Dacia and Draxlmaier behind, which have 14,500 and 15,000 employees.
Continental will create more than 1,000 new jobs this year and 2,500 to 3,000 over the next two or three years, taking the headcount in Romania to almost 18,000.
All five divisions of the group are present in Romania: Interior – Iasi, Sibiu, Timisoara, Powertrain – Timisoara, Sibiu, Brasov and Iasi, Chassis & Safety – Sibiu, Timisoara and Iasi, Tire – Timisoara, ContiTech – Timisoara, Nadab and Carei.
Continental has engineering centers in Timisoara, Sibiu, Iasi and Brasov and production facilities in Brasov, Sibiu, Timisoara, Nadab and Carei. Out of its over 15,000 employees, almost 8,000 work in the plants and engineering center in Timisoara, almost 3,000 in the plant and engineering center in Sibiu, more than 2,000 in Carei and another over 2,000 in Iasi, Nadab and Brasov.
The German-held group makes electronic components, tires and other spare parts and develops future systems in its R&D centers, including software for self-driving cars.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)