# Haier to build €70M cooling plant in Ploiesti, Romania

Haier Tech Romania is building its first European refrigeration production facility in Aricestii Rahtivani, near Ploiesti, Romania. The investment exceeds €70 million, and production is expected to start in late spring 2021.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-01-29
- Where: Aricestii Rahtivani, near Ploiesti, Romania
- Value: $85.0M (70.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 800
- Starts operating: Jun 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 600,000 pieces per year after 2022, expandable to 1 million
- Products: refrigerators

## Companies

- [Haier](https://endata.com/companies/5126.md)
- [Haier Tech Romania](https://endata.com/companies/52945.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [business-review.eu](https://business-review.eu/business/haiers-new-cooling-plant-in-romania-ready-soon-216799), 2021-01-29: "We are happy to have chosen Ploiesti for our first cooling production facility in the European Union."
- [romania-insider.com](https://www.romania-insider.com/haier-plant-ploiesti-feb-2021), 2021-02-01: "This large-scale investment project exceeds EUR 70 million."

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