Renault seeks to bring Romanian engineers back from abroad

Renault Technologie Roumanie (RTR) wants to bring back to Romania several tens of people who have worked within automotive groups. The French have already brought back home 10 engineers who worked in the US, Italy and Germany. “We have people returning to Romania, engineers with tens of years of experience, people who have worked in companies such as Toyota, General Motors, Chrysler for several years, and who will be working for us,” said Philippe Prevel, general manager of RTR. One of the Romanians who has come back to work in Romania, at Renault’s second engineering centre after more than a decade, is Sorin Buse, 49, the centre’s deputy general manager. “I have been working in the automotive sector for 20 years, and spent the last 14 at Toyota. My decision to return was partly based on the opportunity to work at this centre and my family,” Bucse said. His last position with Toyota was that of greenfield project manager for the plant in Woodstock, Canada. RTR, which currently has over 2,200 employees, includes the three engineering teams in Bucharest, Ploiesti and Titu. A year after the start of the project, Renault has spent 70 million euros, around 50% of the sum allocated for the first development stage.