* A Spanish firm to manufacture Airbus components in on the Metrom platform
* With Premium Aerotec poised to make massive investments in Ghimbav, Aernnova - another company that manufacturers Airbus components - is in talks with a Brașov-based company to let production facilities
Aernnova European Components SRL, controlled by Spanish company Aernnova Aerospace and by its investment vehicle, Aernnova Aerospace International Investments SA, both registered in the Technology Park of Alava, are in advanced talks with a company spun-off from Metrom Braşov - Romcompresor.
The company was set-up in 2009, and will begin production this year in Braşov, at the same time with the other company that invested heavily in the aerospace sector - Premium Aerotec.
The arrival in Romania of Aernnova Aerospace comes after, signing a contract with Airbus in 2008, by which it entered the design and production program for the A 350 model.
According to company documents, the planned investment for this project exceeds 250 million Euros and involves the creation of 2,000 jobs starting in 2010, when the industrial development stage is set to begin. The investment should be worth it, since Aernnova expects to make around 1.5 billion dollars from this contract, over the first ten years and over 4.5 billion for the entire duration of the contract. Aernnova Aerospace SA owns plants in Spain, the US, Mexico and Brazil, and employs over 3,000 people.
* Premium Aerotec to begin production starting in autumn
The Airbus affair, one of the most important investment in Romania of the last few years, will begin in October, when the factory is expected to ship the first components for the airplane manufacturer made in Romania. In order to celebrate the moment, the German chancellor herself, Angela Merkel, could participate in the inauguration of the 45 million
