The Italian domestic appliances firm De’Longhi will open a Romanian factory next month, according to to the Cluj County Council. The company will base its operations at the former Nokia plant at the Tetarom III Industrial Park in the city of Jucu, which it purchased last year.
Production at the plant is set to start in mid-February. De’Longhi will import parts from Italy and assemble them in Jucu. Parts will eventually be manufactured at the Jucu site after a new production unit has been completed, according to Mediafax.
De’Longhi has invest €30m into the plant so far and plans to employ between 600 and 1,000 people, Mediafax added.
The Italian company posted €1.8bn in global revenues and a net profit of €90.2m in 2011. The company produces a range of kitchen and domestic appliances, including coffee machines, microwaves and cookers, food processors and other kitchen gadgets, as well as irons, cleaning equipment, air conditioning units and heaters.
