In the middle of the crisis, the Mercedes plant in Hungary, which Romania has lost because of poor road infrastructure, generates thousands of jobs

Mercedes Company has not given up all its related projects related to Romania and will build in Sebes city an automotive components factory for commercial vehicles, while the passenger car factory will be opened in Hungary. Because of poor road infrastructure, Romania lost an investment of 800 MEuro.

The construction works of the Mercedes-Benz plant in the Hungarian city Kecskemet, 80 kilometers from Budapest, is on schedule. The project was not affected by the financial crisis and the investment helped a lot the Hungarians from the eastern part of the country. Over 1,500 people are working now to open the Mercedes new plant.

The plant construction works tenders were generally won by Hungarian companies. "We're good, everything goes according to plan. In early 2012 the first car will leave the factory gate" declared Mr.Frank Klein, representative of Mercedes-Benz, who has inspected the plant in Kecskemét three weeks ago.

Mr.Sorin Maxim, Director of West Regional Development Agency, declared that Romania can not dream at partnerships with Merdeces-Benz factory from Kecskemét concerning the first production process. "I was in Kecskemét, but also in Germany. We met with plant representatives to start cooperation. For the first production process starting in 2012, everything is already planned" declared Mr.Sorin Maxim.

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