The company will see employee numbers rise to 660 by the end of next year from the current 540.
The German-held Preh has already hired about 115 people for its plant in Ghimbav this year and says it has 20 positions available by yearend and another 100 available in 2013.
The company makes multifunction switches, central control and climate control systems for vehicles, and its customers are BMW, Volkswagen, Skoda, Audi and Daimler. The parts made in Ghimbav are used in all the car ranges of these carmakers, according to Preh Romania officials.
“Besides hiring, we also plan to make significant investments in equipment and in expanding the production space in 2013, which will boost production by another 2 million parts a year,” Mihaela Forgaciu, general manager Preh Romania told ZF.
The current capacity of Preh’s plant is 4 million parts a year, but the plan is to increase it by 2 million.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)