Belgian company will produce parts for Airbus and Embraer in Romania

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Belgian aerospace company Sonaca began construction of a factory near the Romanian city of Cluj, learned BalkanEngineer.com by the specialized site Aerospace-Technology.com. The new manufacturing facility will produce components for aircraft wings for aircraft manufacturers, mainly Airbus and Embraer, says also the press release.

The plant on which construction work began in early 2016 is expected to be completed and become operational in 2018. The new Romanian high-tech facility will be located 30 km from the second largest city in the country - Cluj. The location is selected with the strategic objective, because nearby is the largest university center in the country.

The project is funded through a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development amounting to $ 8,500,000.

Based in Belgium Sonaca company holds manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China and Romania, and employs 2500 people worldwide, including 350 engineers.

Source of the pictures: Sonaca