“It’s a project we’ve been dreaming about for some time now. We were motivated to start construction of a new plant, because we had innovative projects entailing significant investment in technology and infrastructure. The investment stood at more than EUR4 million, EUR3.2 million of our own funds and a bank loan and EUR900,000 in non-repayable EU funding,” said Alexandru Chiric, CEO of Transilvania Nuts.
The current processing capacity of the plant is 7,000 tons of unshelled nuts, which yield about 3,000 tons of kernels. The company will hire 15 to 20 people when production begins. It has 50 employees and 200 customers at the moment.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)