French and German investments in Sibiu

Six foreign companies have announced plans to run about 15 million euro investments in the Sura Mica industrial park in Sibiu, the manager of the company administrating the park, Stefan Soiman, told Ziarul Financiar.
“One of the biggest investments will be made by the German Rehau company. It is planning to build a factory to make plastic products and PVC pipes and profiles by investing 6.7 million euros at first. Rehau’s development plan is to expand in five years, while total investments should reach 10 to 12 million euros,” Soiman said.
He added the German company would begin productive operations in Sibiu and relocate to Sura Mica as soon as the formalities for setting up the park were over.
“We have to take the land for the park (98 ha) out of the farming circuit and then move on to renting it. We hope to do it by April,” Soiman said.
French SNR Roulements is yet another company to have announced big plans for an investment in the Sura Mica park.
“SNR Roulements is planning to invest 5 million euros at first and build a factory to make bearings. The factory will be able to make 30,000 bearings a day and will create 200 new jobs. Furthermore, the company intends to expand by renting up to four hectares in the park within ten years,” Soiman added.
Other investors looking to conduct operations in the Sura Mica park are Poland-based Porta, which wants to make doors there and Germany-based Union, which plans to make industrial accessories.
“We have 19 large locations scheduled, but I think we will have more than 30 companies operating in the Sura Mica industrial park in ten years from now,” Stefan Soiman said.
After all, the ideal of an industrial park manager is to rent large pieces of land and therefore have as few tenants as possible.
The Development and Prognosis Ministry (MDP) last March launched the “Industrial Parks” programme in order to persuade economic operators to invest in improving the regional infrastructure and in industrial parks.