“We expect to keep the same hiring pace as in 2011 at least,” Calin Banciu, general manger of Emerson Romania told ZF.
Emerson is hiring at a rate of 30 to 40 people a month so that the number of employees may go up to 1,400 this year.
The official added the company was currently developing an office building that can accommodate up to about 800 people in the industrial park in Cluj.
Emerson has three manufacturing facilities and an engineering center in Romania. Its divisions operating in this country include those making electrical equipment, gas regulators and professional construction equipment.
In 2010, Emerson’s Romanian unit posted over 113.1 million lei (some EUR26 million) in revenue, while net profit stood at RON11.2 million. (EUR1=RON4.327)
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)