This year’s estimates point to a total of 2,366 employees, that is over 400 more.
De’Longhi is hiring in Jucu but also plans to employ 500 in its new plant in Bihor County. De’Longhi bought a 25,000 square meter facility and equipment from Jasz Plaszt Ro, a Hungarian entrepreneurial business, which made components for Samsung, and started making components and small home appliances in Madaras, Bihor.
Italy’s De’Longhi group arrived in Romania in 2012 when it bought the former Nokia manufacturing facilities in Cluj. It posted more than 1.2 billion lei revenue in 2019, about 1.5% lower than in 2018. Its officials had previously said they had budgeted a flat year and were set on consolidation after an intense 2018 both locally and globally.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)