This investment in Oradea is the next important step in the expansion of Connectronics Romania. The Connect Systems Group started its operations in Romania in December 2002 with seven employees on rented premises less than 1.000 m². The company had a very successful starting year as already one year later – in January 2004 – it had to move into a new plant in Bors of 3.000 m². Another year later – in January 2005 – it doubled the square meters and moved into a second building, which totally amounted up to 6.000 m². Today, the group employs in Romania already more than 750 employees. This steady growth over the years required for the 3 rd time in five years to move into larger premises.
The Romania factory has become the largest production facility of the Connect Systems Group over the years. Production in Romania evolved from a pure labour subcontracting activity at the start-up in 2002 into a full fledged electronic subcontracting plant including the latest technological production machinery for PCB and cable harnesses manufacturing. The plant now produces complete PCBs and cable harnesses for the high end professional, automotive and telecom markets. The Connect Systems Group today maintains eight plants spread over Europe. Effective and efficient logistical management ensures optimized production and keeps costs low. “The decision to invest in this major plant together with our logistical partner Centrum expresses our trust we have in the H. Essers group and the Romanian people.” In his opening address Luc Switten, the CEO of the Connect Systems Group, stated: “We are very happy with the evolution of our Romanian plant. Connect Systems was one of the first and is now one of the biggest companies investing in the Oradea region. When we started five years ago in Romania, we did not believe that, in this short time period, we could realise this growth. Thanks to our Romanian employees, we have today a plant with a local management which is fully self supporting, has a motivated staff and all technical and operational skills are accounted for. Our human resource policy to hire, train and maintain qualified people and our investment in the new plant is our best guarantee to grow further in Romania”.
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