Autoliv resumes activity at Romanian-based production facilities

Autoliv, automotive safety system manufacturer said it had resumed activity at its two Romanian-based manufacturing facilities, in Brasov and Lugoj, after the winter holidays.

“Autoliv Romania resumed activity on January 5, as it was planned. It is too early to make any estimation on the order volume, as many of our clients have started activity today as well”, Ionel Fierbinteanu, Autoliv Romania’s CEO told Wall-Street.

The company idled production in Romania for December. Currently, the company has 2,500 employees.

Autoliv is actively involved in the Romanian market since 1997 and has factories of seatbelts, and inflation devices for airbag systems at Brasov.

Approximately 80% of the factories’ output is exported, mainly to European car makers (Volkswagen, Daimler-Chrysler) but also to US-based manufacturers (Ford).

On Romanian market, Autoliv delivered seatbelts for all Automobile Dacia’s trim levels and for Cielo model manufactured by Daewoo Automobile.

Automotive safety system producer opened an IT engineering center at Timisoara in 2006. The IT center is in charged with the design of electronic safety systems and serves the German subsidiary of Autoliv, the biggest clients being BMW, Volkswagen, Mercedes and Opel.

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Cristian este absolvent al Universității Româno-Americane și al unui MBA la Academia de Studii Economice (A.S.E.). Startul în jurnalism a fost în 2003 la agenția de presă Mediafax , parte a trustului MediaPro, pe poziția de redactor, iar mai târziu la agenția de presă NewsIn , parte din trustul de media Realitatea - Cațavencu, ca reporter și redactor șef al departamentului Companii. Pentru o perioadă scurtă de timp a scris pentru ziarul de...