“BSH Hausgeräte GmbH has decided not to continue with plans to build a washing machine plant in Simeria until further notice,” Irenne Wagner, head of marketing BSH Electrocasnice, told ZF.
Due to economic conditions and strategic planning of sales based thereon, the home appliances manufacturer does not see any need for new production facilities in Europe at the moment. BSH has a manufacturing network of 22 plants in Europe, which can flexibly adjust to changing demand, the BSH official added.
The initial plan was to start construction work on the new facility this year, but the delays caused by the access to the state aid needed to begin caused the group to postpone it. The first washing machines should have been assembled in the new plant in 2021. The facility was supposed to create 700 jobs and have an annual production capacity of more than one milion washing machines for the European market.
Bosch bought a 40-hectare plot for the plant in Simeria, without revealing how much it paid. To be able to buy it, it had to secure approval from more than 50 owners of plots in the area.
BSH still owns that particular plot of land in Simeria, which is now used by a local farming company, Irenne Wagner said.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)