Takata reaches 5,000 employees at Arad plant

Takata Petri, a Japanese car parts manufacturer, hired over
1,100 in the course of last year, bringing its number of employees
to over 6,400 in its manufacturing facilities in Arad and
Sibiu.
The rise was due to the relocation of production lines from
Poland, where the company closed down a plant, and to the increase
in orders from premium carmakers.
Takata has car manufacturers such as Honda and Mercedes among
its clients, to whom it supplies steering wheels, seatbelts, and
airbags.
Takata, with 269 million euros in turnover in 2008 in Romania,
has the second-largest production facility on the Romanian auto
components market in Arad (steering wheels and seatbelts), with the
plant employing 5,000.
Company representatives say 900 people have been employed in
2009 after new components started to be manufactured.
The biggest employer in the sector continues to be Lisa
Draxlmaier (wiring products), which had more than 9,000 staff at
its Pitesti plant in 2008.