Completion of the project is scheduled for the first quarter of 2019, and the factory will offer in the first phase over 80 new jobs in Ploiesti.

Of the total investment, € 2,394 million is non-reimbursable public aid through the National Rural Development Program, the rest of the amount coming from private co-financing together with Unicredit Bank.

The new production unit, which will occupy a total area of over 10,000 sqm, is being built in the Ploiesti Industrial Park. The factory will consist of a production facility, a warehouse of raw materials, a finished product warehouse, an administrative building, a local technical base, and a shop with a terrace. The investment is an integrated chain - from the take-over of the main raw material to direct sales to consumers. More than 25% of the entire site will be dedicated to green spaces.

"The new factory in Ploiesti is an ambitious project, in which we have great confidence, that's why we thank once again those who were with us in our over 20 years of presence in Romania. We have very large plans for the coming years, and the support of our partners and customers is the most important. We are delighted to have reached this stage and finally see how a factory is being built from scratch, a factory where it will be produced at the highest standards of industry", said Ady Hirsch, CEO of Alka Group.

In 2017, the Alka group registered a turnover of 173 million lei and now has more than 600 employees. (source: modernbuyer.ro)