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Nokia: Production of mobile phones in Romania to reach ten million until October

Jucu - Nokia company estimates that the production of the factory from Jucu, Cluj county, to reach around ten million mobile phones until October, according to the executive vice president of Nokia, Anssi Vanjoki, quoted by Mediafax.

"In Romania we have very dedicated employees and I am pleased to announce that next month, in October, we expect the factory to reach the level of ten million devices," Vanjoki told a press conference yesterday, after the inauguration of the factory. According to him, Nokia is the only producer of mobile devices that has ten factories in nine countries around the world. Nokia executive vice president also stressed that there are no plans for a relocation "more eastward" of Jucu factory, as it happened with Bochum, Germany. "It is important to know that at local level the situation is no longer based on cheap labour. We are not trying to bribe anybody. We must be careful about the production costs, the distribution network, the transport costs of the components and finished products," Vanjoki said.

In his turn, Nokia Romania manager, John Guerry, declared that the development of the factory has advanced in compliance with the initial plans. "First, we produced a single model, and in time we diversified their range," Guerry said. According to him, Nokia collaborates with several universities from Cluj and will extend the area of partnerships also to departments with the profile of communications. Referring to Nokia suppliers who should invest in production units in Tetarom III park, from Jucu, Guerry said that they could begin the construction of the factories at the end of this year or the beginning of 2009.

Presently, Nokia factory from Jucu has over 1,600 employees, and the company estimates the total number to reach 3,500 when the production arrives at the maximum capacity.

The Jucu Municipality will collect RON 1.2 M in property and wage taxes from Nokia every year, money that can be spent on investment, said Jucu Mayor Dorel Pojar, quoted by Mediafax.

At the formal opening of the new Nokia factory, yesterday, the mayor of Jucu told Mediafax that the local administration of the commune was planning comprehensive infrastructure developments. ‘This is money from local council taxes, about RON 1.2 M per year. We will invest the money in sewerage, roads, and infrastructure in general. The money will start being paid to the Jucu Municipality budget after the official opening of the Nokia plant' aid Mayor Pojar. According to him, of the 1,600 Nokia factory employees, only 120 were Jucu locals.

Tariceanu: Nokia factory contributes to a new dimension of the future of Romania

Nokia factory from Jucu contributes to a new dimension of the future of Romania, to modernization and to aligning the Romanians to the other developed countries of Europe, PM Calin Popescu Tariceanu said. "The presence of Nokia in the region of Cluj and of Transilvania assures not only jobs, it assures something more, namely an economic activity with value added based on the state-of-the-art technology and which helps the country to enter the outposts of the economic development," the Premier said. He pointed out that the central authorities will further do their best in order to support such important investments, starting from the premise that a modern industrial base assures also a platform for the development of research and innovation. According to him, the volume of foreign investments for this year is estimated to reach EUR eight bln, a prediction which matches the forecasts of the Romanian Investment Agency, but which is below the estimates of the Economy Ministry. "Investments like Nokia, Renault and Ford shape up a bundle of major companies which contribute to the figure of EUR eight bln of direct investments for 2008, and is 30 per cent bigger than in 2007," Premier added.

 

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