Renault design centre on the site of former military base

A Renault centre designing and developing vehicle models for the emerging markets, a 125 million-euro project, will be built on a 258 ha plot of land of the decommissioned air base in Titu – Boteni, Dambovita county. “The land is now the property of the National Defence Ministry. In order for the Renault group to begin work here, the land, which also includes the runway of the airfield, has to be transferred through a Government Decision to the Dambovita County Council,” stated the County Council representative Alexandra Pantu. Automobile Dacia has sent a letter to the Dambovita County Council notifying it of its intention to carry out the project titled “Automotive Engineering and Tertiary Service Centre”. Renault group, the owner of the Automobile Dacia, will be the majority shareholder. The value of the investment is 125 million euros. The centre will have about 2,300 employees and will include a vehicle engineering section, a mechanical testing section, a test track for multibrand vehicles, as well as IT, accounting, administration (warranties and leasing), client monitoring departments, development centre etc. Automobile Dacia representatives stated early in September that the facility will be methodologically co-ordinated from Technocentre Paris, and will function as a completely separate legal entity, with its own management.