Wood panel board manufacturer Kronospan Romania, part ofAustrian group Kronospan, has completed a 200 million-euroinvestment in a plant that will manufacture wood board (OSB -Oriented Strand Board), located on a 46-hectare plot in Brasov. Thenew plant will generate 500 direct jobs and 3,000 indirect jobs,according to representatives of Kronospan Romania, with annualproduction expected to amount to 350,000 cubic metres a year.Company representatives did not, however, specify how manyemployees are currently working at the plant or how long it willtake before the facility reaches 500 employees and starts workingat full capacity. "We built Romania's only OSB plant (so far) inBrasov, with total costs amounting to around 200 million euros,"Oana Bodea, communication manager of Kronospan Romania, told ZFTransilvania. Up until last year, Kronospan operated two companiesin Brasov, Kronospan Trading and Kronospan Romania SRL, butcurrently Kronospan's activity in Brasov is carried out viaKronospan Romania. Last year the cumulated turnover of the twocompanies held by the Austrians in Brasov amounted to over 43.3million euros (around 155.9 million RON).
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