Continental reaches 10,000 employees

Auto parts manufacturer Continental, present on the Romanian market with three production facilities and three research & development centres, has reached 10,000 employees in this country, following an over 470 million-euro investment during its ten years of presence on the Romanian market.

In mid last year the German group had 8,300 employees on the Romanian market, with expansion set to continue, given that the company has recently made a 12 million-euro capital increase, necessary for investments over the next few months. Alongside Petrom, Arcelor Mittal and Dacia , the German group joins the club of the biggest private sector employers with over 10,000 employees.

“Continental currently has nearly 10,000 employees in Romania and will continue to recruit in 2011 for all locations: Timisoara, Sibiu, Iasi, Brasov, Carei, Nadab, where we will hire both engineers and manufacturing personnel,” said Anica Stoica, HR Country Coordinator of Continental in Romania, with the group posting 650 million euros in turnover in 2009 in Romania.000 cars.