Jérôme Olive, 52, general manager of Automobile Dacia, an over 2 billion-euro business per year, says there are no major differences between the Mioveni plant and one in France, such as the Douai one, which he managed until the end of last year, when he came to Romania.
“Now I truly see what Romania is all about. It is second only to
France in terms of its “complete” auto operations as far as Renault
is concerned. We have everything from car production through to
commerce and design,” said Jérôme Olive at the “Meet the CEO” event
organised by BUSINESS Magazin. At Dacia employee wages rose three
times over the last five years, but according to the European
labour cost index, in Romania wages in the auto industry are twice
as low as in France.
As for the development of the future Dacia models, the company
manager stressed that “we will never see a model designed and sold
exclusively in Romania,” given that Dacia is now a European brand,
with over 90% of production at Dacia’s Mioveni plant exported to
Western Europe.