French tyre producer Michelin, which owns three plants inRomania, is readying new projects for the Zalau-based truck tyreplant, and may also manufacture electric car tyres in Floresti inthe following period, according to the company's executive board.The company, with turnover worth around 400m euros per year inRomania, is currently employing around 3,200 people, of whom 300 atthe Zalau-based RomSteel metallic cord plant, 1,400 at Silvaniatruck tyre plant and 1,500 at Floresti passenger car tyre. "We'redoing a lot of things in Romania, including engineering operations.We're looking at some special projects for Zalau, but I cannot saymore now. (...)," stated Pete Selleck, Michelin truck tyre unitpresident and member of the group's executive board. In Romania, inlate 2008 and the first months of 2009, Michelin reduced theworking week to adjust production to demand. Activity was broughtback to the previous level in all the plants at the end of thefirst quarter of 2009. As regards personnel, 109,000 employeesworldwide, of whom 3,000 in Romania, Michelin managing boardmembers say they embraced a conservation policy, by freezing hiringand cutting the total number through voluntary departures andretirement.
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