“In addition to the 500 jobs, we believe we will generate a further 3,000 indirect jobs, horizontally from transportation, logistics, catering, etc,” the Communication Manager of Kronospan Romania, Oana Bodea, told Business Standard.
The Brasov factory will have an annual production capacity of 350,000 cubic meters. The company invested some €200 million in the first Romanian factory producing oriented strand boards (OSB), used in construction.
The producer is engaged in a full recruiting campaign to begin production. “We already have 125 employees, and vacancy announcements are available at the Brasov County Employment Agency for a further 125 people, for the first stage, by August,” Bodea said.
Kronospan Romania ended 2008 with a nine percent increase in net sales, to €42.3 million, and hopes for at least the same year-on-year result in 2009, considering the economic crisis. Its main competitors on the domestic market are Egger and Holzindustrie Schweighofer.
