The Fuel Supply business unit of German autoparts maker Continental’s Powertrain Division opened a new EUR40m plant for fuel pumps and fuel supply units in Brasov, Romania.
This move of the company is to supply its products to automobile plants throughout Europe from Brasov. The new plant is expected to produce seven million fuel supply units per year.
It features an internal transport concept which eliminates pallets or cartons from the factory floor.
The company will also manufacture demand-driven brushless fuel pumps at this plant, which help in increasing the energy efficiency of the engine as well as reducing CO2 emissions.
Continental global Fuel Supply business unit head Markus Distelhoff said they are bundling three main competencies here: the manufacture of electrical fuel pumps, injection molding and assembly of entire fuel supply units at this plant.
"Whereas we used to be able to make three variants on one assembly line, the same line in Brasov will now be able to produce 16 variants," Distelhoff added.
With this new investment, Continental expects to generate 500 jobs at this plant by the end of 2013.
Image: Continental inaugurates new fuel supply unit production plant in Romania. Photo courtesy: Continental AG.
