German company brakes in Ploiesti

The 5,000 euro Dacia sure loves company. Even though it has yet to be launched, the part makers are coming. More and more companies dealing in equipment and spare part production, either traditional suppliers of the Renault Group or not are interested in the Romanian market.
The latest addition to the list of the companies that will begin production in Romania is Germany-based Freudenberg Dichtungs- und Schwingungstechnik, which specialises in automotive equipment. The company will establish its Romanian operations in Ploiesti.
“We are indeed interested to begin productive operations in Romania. We will make brake flexibles,” said Gudrun Stadler, Corporate Communication director of the company. He declined comment on the amount of investments entailed by beginning productive operations and the total number of the employees scheduled for the factory in Ploiesti.
The trend of the foreign companies specialising in car parts production to establish operations in Romania has become more visible now that Renault is making the final preparations for launching the 5,000 euro Dacia next year. Therefore, 11 traditional suppliers of the group began operating on the Mioveni platform and nearby last fall.
The central and the western area of the country are also targeted by the foreign companies specialising in production of car parts. Buffer producer Krupp-Bilstein invested 40 million euros in Sibiu where it established a joint venture with Compa in view of making buffers there. Autoliv, the world’s leading automotive safety equipment maker has invested in a joint venture in Brasov, while Germany’s Phoenix AG Group invested in a rubber car parts factory in Carei.
Delphi Packard makes wiring for electrical car components in Timisoara, while ContiTech, one of the Continental AG Group divisions invested in an electrical wiring factory. Eybl International AG, producer of textiles for the automotive industry has two factories in Romania.