Continental hires 200 engineers in Sibiu

Continental, an international supplier of automotive subassemblies, will build five further assembly lines at its fourth facility in Romania located in Sibiu, generating around 600 jobs, 200 of which will go to design engineers. The factory, which is part of the Continental Automotive systems division, makes door control systems. The production line came into operation this July, the first assembly line having a capacity of 1.2 million units a year. The factory in Sibiu currently employs 220 people and relies on local labour, having invested in the specialised laboratories at the local Lucian Blaga University. Continental’s investment in its fourth factory in Romania is worth 20 million euros. “Our criteria for selecting the location of the investment were not just the attractiveness of the salaries and the flexibility of working hours. We also found good infrastructure and a high potential of skilled English-speaking staff,” explained Anton Elsen, who is in charge of the company’s Body Electronics business unit. ZF