The information was published in a document of the Finance Ministry about funding applications submitted by 33 companies in May 30 – June 10 for investment projects eligible for state aid under scheme 332/2014.
Bitdefender plans to create 182 jobs in several cities in Romania such as Bucharest, Alba Iulia and Targu Mures. Florin Talpes, co-founder and chief executive officer of Bitdefender said the company’s investment project was intended to support international sales and getting Romanians involved in `avant-garde’ research projects.
“Bitdefender will continue to create jobs in various university centers in Romania, in avant-garde R&D projects. The state-aid scheme Romania’s government has recently put in place is good for our development goals,” Talpes said.
Two other significant investment projects are those of UPC, a member of US giant Liberty Global. UPC established two new companies for this purpose, UPC Services and UPC External Services. The companies plan to hire 305 people in the other parts of the country than Bucharest and provide call-center and support services. UPC officials did not provide any details.
Deloitte might hire more than 630 people in a technology center in Bucharest to be run by a company (Deloitte Tehnologie) established a month ago. Deloitte applied for 5.6 million lei (EUR1.23 million) state aid for the investment, which, if made, will be result in the biggest hiring campaign by a BIG4 company in Romania. Deloitte officials did not comment on the information.
In all, 33 companies applied for state aid over ten days in order to create 5,000 jobs. They requested a total of RON137 million, and the budget for this session is RON250 million, according to the Finance Ministry website. The Ministry will publish the list of approved projects by mid July at the latest. (EUR1=RON4.5179)
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)