The unit, whose construction works started in December 2013, has an area of 70 hectares and an annual capacity of 800,000 cubic meters of wood, coming from forests in Romania as well as Poland, Hungary, Austria, Croatia and Slovenia.
The plant currently employs 300 people, and will have 650 employees when the unit will operate at full capacity.
Holzindustrie Schweighofer also owns plants in Sebes, Radauti, Siret and Comanesti and invested so far EUR778 million on the Romanian market, the company said.
Last week, a report of non-governmental organization US Environmental Investigation Agency showed that Holzindustrie Schweighofer encourages illegal deforestations in Romania.
In July, Environment Ministry notified the Prosecutor’s Office of the Supreme Court following a checkup at Holzindustrie Schweighofer, on suspicions over the existence of several companies which provided wood coming from illegal deforestations.