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B-Max effect: Over 20 suppliers settle in Oltenia, investments exceed 200m euros

Autor: Bogdan Alecu

20.03.2011, 23:48 20

Of the more than 20 suppliers that followed the Americans atFord to Oltenia (Southern Romania), nearly half will settledirectly on the industrial platform of Ford Craiova, while othershave already started to bring back into the forefront formerindustrial areas such as Balş (the facility of American-held IAC)or Caracal (the plant of the Japanese-held Yazaki).

The latest investment has been announced by Yazaki Romania inCaracal, Olt county, where the Japanese will invest more than 10million euros, according to market sources, in a new facility setup within clothing plant Romaniţa, where the Japanese have rented6,000 square metres.

So, less than a year before manufacturing of the future FordB-Max will start, the number of component suppliers has increasedto over 20, which are set to invest over 200 million euros untilnext year in building manufacturing facilities, according to ZFcalculations.

The biggest investment in Olt county of a Ford supplier is thatof plastics manufacturer IAC Romania in Balş, amounting to 58million euros, of which 17 million euros in state aid.

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