According to company officials, the plant employs 77 people and its staff will increase to 200 people in 2014.
The plant will produce cogwheels for clients including DAF, Ford, Perkins, Volkswagen and Thyssenkrupp, VCST Alba Iulia manager Alexandru Goia said.
VCST is a multinational company headquartered in Sint-Truiden and specializes in car part design and production. It operates plants in Belgium, Mexico, China and Germany and employs 1,100 people.
In 2012, VCST registered sales of EUR145 million.