American TRW Automotive Corp., which supplies components including braking systems, seatbelts, airbags and steering wheels to the automotive industry, has announced the opening of a new steering wheel manufacturing plant – which will also produce leather steering wheels – in Romania. The company’s first facility in Romania covers 23,000 square feet and employs 250 people but is set to expand next year when it moves to a new purpose-built  plant in Timisoara, to allow for the plans to increase the workforce to 1,100.

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