Although they do not even have a supermarket, towns such as Jucu (Cluj), Urlaţi (Prahova) or Oiejdea (Alba) have in recent years become the new poles of Romanian production and exports.
With just a few thousand inhabitants, but with plants annually generating tens or even hundreds of millions of euros, the three areas complete Romania's economic map that had for several years also included other towns with less than 50,000 people such as Mioveni (Argeş) or Găeşti.
US P&G giant has invested 100m dollars in a plant built from scratch in Urlaţi. With the opening of the plant, Romania became a shampoo and hair conditioner exporter.
Jucu and Oiejdea each attracted two and three plants, respectively. Jucu became known with the opening of Nokia plant in 2008, which has reached exports of above 1bn euros, according to ZF estimates.
In Mioveni, with 36,000 inhabitants, the biggest employer by far is Dacia domestic carmaker. Dacia is the biggest domestic exporter, with exports worth above 2.5bn euros, according to ZF estimates.
Another domestic established name is Arctic of Găeşti, one of Romania's biggest exporters of consumer goods, which last year exported around 1 million Beko refrigerators, with a value ZF puts at between 125 and 140m euros.
Although they do not even have a supermarket, towns such as Jucu (Cluj), Urlaţi (Prahova) or Oiejdea (Alba) have in recent years become the new poles of Romanian production and exports.
With just a few thousand inhabitants, but with plants annually generating tens or even hundreds of millions of euros, the three areas complete Romania's economic map that had for several years also included other towns with less than 50,000 people such as Mioveni (Argeş) or Găeşti.
US P&G giant has invested 100m dollars in a plant built from scratch in Urlaţi. With the opening of the plant, Romania
