Ciatti doubles capacity in Sebes

Italian furniture manufacturer Ciatti S.p.A., which invested 9 million euros in a factory in Sebes to make furniture for electrical items, is to begin an investment to double its production capacity, said chief executive Tommaso Tomaselli. “We will increase our capacity this year; we really want to double it. We will invest 3-4 million euros in 2005 and the number of employees will rise to 130-140 people,” added Tomaselli. The factory currently employs 100 people. The Ciatti facility in Sebes became operational last September and manufactures furniture items for electrical products – TV sets, hi-fi equipment and computers. The investment in the factory was 9 million euros. “Our products are largely exported to countries like Italy, France, Germany, but we’ve also started to sell in Romania. We intend to make around 16 million euros in turnover for 2005,” said Tomaselli. Ciatti is the third leading international furniture maker to invest in a greenfield project in Sebes, following in the footsteps of Gruppo Frati and Holzindustrie Schweighofer. ZF