The company will register profit this year and its main target is to increase sales, he added.

Nestle Romania reported turnover of RON352 million in the first half of 2013 and profit of RON3.5 million.

In 2012, the company registered turnover of RON718 million, up 8% on the year, and switched to profit of RON5.5 million, after several years in which it posted losses.

Nestle entered Romania in 1995. It bought Timisoara-based wafers producer Joe in 2000 and ice cream maker Delta Ice Cream in 2006.

Nestle will continue investments in Romania, de Froment said.

The company currently employs 928 people in Bucharest and Timisoara.

On Friday, Nestle launched a program targeting to help youths integrate on the labor market. The program aims to create over 10,000 job for youths across Europe in the following three years.

Nestle Romania will create 75 new jobs and will offer 105 internship programs.

Herve de Froment was appointed general manager of Nestle Romania at the beginning of the year.

Nestle is present in 86 countries with 468 production units and some 300,000 employees. (EUR1=RON4.4502)