At the end of September, the Finnish group Nokia announced it would close down its production unit in Jucu, Cluj County, which happened in early December. Nokia had started manufacturing cell phones in Romania in 2008, with total investments standing at 60 million euros. The Finnish group had previously shut down its Research and Development Centre in Cluj-Napoca, laying off approximately 120 employees. “Nokia wants to direct its cell production to locations of optimal proximity for retailers and key markets. Accordingly, Nokia plans to shut down the factory in Cluj, since large volume production units in Asia are offering a better scale of operations and proximity benefits”, read a Nokia press release. In 2010, Nokia was Romania’s second largest exporter after carmaker Dacia Groupe Renault. 2,200 people were laid off when the factory in Jucu was closed down.
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Sociologists: Candidates – mundane characters will dilute politics and reflect it
Sociologists Vasile Dancu and Traian Rotariu from Cluj consider that the appearance of characters from the mundane area running for various public positions in the 2012 elections reflect the level of the Romanian political class and the people’s lack of confidence in politicians. Sociologist Vasile Dancu, the president of the Romanian Institute for Evaluation and Strategy (IRES) declared on Tuesday to a Mediafax correspondent that election year 2012 might offer big surprises about the appearance of candidacies in “the foggy area of vulgarity and the mundane.”
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Not only can a simple game of catch create a special bond between father and son, it can also erase social and economic barriers.
Read MoreEthnic Hungarian parties in Romania support new election law
All parties of Romania’s ethnic Hungarian community have welcomed that Hungary’s Parliament had granted voting rights to Hungarian citizens abroad, including ethnic Hungarians residing in neighbouring countries, the Cluj-based Hungarian-language daily Kronika said on Wednesday.
Read MorePolish PESA lands contract for Cluj – Napoca trams
Polish producer Pojazdy Szynowe PESA Bydgoszcz will deliver trams for the Cluj – Napoca city hall for some EUR 1.5 million per tram. The city hall will buy up to 12 trams for the city.
Read MoreBBC: Romania’s ‘Nokia City’ hopes dashed
The big new Nokia assembly plant at Jucu, 21km (13 miles) from the centre of Cluj, stands alone on the edge of a vast expanse of weeds and thistles.
Read MoreRomanian Banca Transilvania trains employees on EUR 0.4 mln EU co-funded program
Romanian Banca lender Transilvania carried out an 18-month training program for about 750 employees, according to the bank. About EUR 400,000 were invested in the ‘Training continues for the employees in the banking field ADAPTIBA-TEAM’, a program co-financed by the European Social Fund through the 2007-2013 Human Resources Development Operational Program.
Read MoreBanker of year 2011 Robert Rekkers, BT managing director
Managing director of the Transilvania Bank (BT) Robert Rekkers was designated the Banker of the year 2011.
Read MoreChristmas glass balls produced in Cluj-Napoca conquer world
More than 800,000 glass balls made in Cluj-Napoca (western Romania) reach all the parts of the world every year. In 2011 they made a model that caused a stir on the US market, where they sold about 100,000 balls, reads daily Adevarul.
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A Novel Process for Isolating Soy Protein Components Will Lead to New Ingredients: First Prototype Developed and Patents Granted
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