The producer will have hired some 100 people until the start of production.
Some 600 employees will be working at the factory in Brasov until 2027 and they will be manufacturing up to 12 million electronic systems annually, including for heat pumps. Another objective of the German Group will be to produce IATF (International Automotive Task Force) standardized electronic systems for the automotive industry, according to company representatives.
Diehl has several factories in Europe, America and Asia. The production facility in Brasov will be the Group’s seventh factory in the world and the third in Europe. Diehl has production units in Poland, Germany, the US, China and Mexico. The components will be made in Brasov and will be delivered to the company’s customers in the region.
In the next ten years, the participants in the project will be investing nearly EUR40 million in the factory that will cover an area of 18,000 square meters on a plot of land of over 125,800 sqm located in the industrial area.
Diehl Controls, part of Diehl Group, has a total 17,000 employees across five industrial sectors and produces components and technical solutions for home and industrial appliances, such as heat pumps, washing machines, refrigerators and battery management systems. Its customers include, among others, BSH, Electrolux, Haier, Miele, Panasonic, Stiebel Eltron, Stihl, Vaillant and Whirlpool. Diehl Controls has some 3,700 employees worldwide.