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Manufacturing Manufacture of food and beverage Manufacture of food products 10.92 - Manufacture of prepared pet foods
131 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 May 2025
Employment effect (start)
21 May 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2025
Description
The Romanian company Alconor, specialized the production of water, soft drinks, and energy drinks announced its intention to hire 131 persons at Satu Mare plant, where it is expanding to producing dry pet food.
The total investment was €21.7 million, of which €3.1 million represents state aid granted under Government Decision 807/2014, dedicated to supporting investments with a major impact on the economy.
Over the past 20 years, Alconor Company has grown through investments of over €25 million in state-of-the-art technology, production and storage facilities, transportation, and software solutions. In 2014, Alconor expanded with a new production and storage platform located in Bucharest, where an automated production process is also implemented, in accordance with international standards and requirements.
In addition to manufacturing its own products, the company bottles private labels for the largest retailers in the Romanian market.
Currently, the company has a workforce of 435 people.
Eurofound (2025), Alconor, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 202866, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202866.
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