British cable manufacturer GTK has opened a factory in Craiova.

This is the group’s first production unit outside Great Britain, where it will produce cable and protective boxes assemblies, according to a press release.

The factory in Craiova has a surface of 450 sqm and has the same production capacity as the unit in UK, according to Steve Robinson, GTK operations director. The factory’s area can be expanded up to 2,000 sqm.

“We are expanding our European customer base - we have recently begun to focus on Germany - and this new facility will help us increase the level of services in the region,” said the GTK director John Morath.

The company didn’t specify the value of the investment in Craiova.

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