“Bigster is in Mioveni and will start production at the end of the year. We will continue assembling Duster and Jogger, as well, but Sandero and Sandero Stepway are now being made in Morocco. Here, (Mioveni i.e.) we’re focusing on high added value production. Quality procedures and policy are the same with Bigster, but the car on the other hand, is different and more complex,” said Mihai Bordeanu, managing director of Automobile Dacia.
Dacia started a voluntary layoff process to improve efficiency of the plant as more and more robots are put in place.
“This is an annual thing, the voluntary layoffs. We’re talking recalibration of the plant because we need to adjust to the new trends, seek new skills – some of the older ones are no longer required and we need to recruit in the digitalization, electrification and robotics areas. We are talking about annual voluntary layoffs of fewer than 1,000 people.”
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)