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Manufacturing Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 20.14 - Manufacture of other organic basic chemicals
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 April 2025
Employment effect (start)
30 April 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2025
Description
The German biotech company Corden BioChem is set to hire 100 people by the end of 2025, to restart production at bioethanol Podaru plant (Dolj County).
The company will invest to relaunch of the bioethanol Podari plant, which was closed in December 2023 by its former owner, the Swiss company Clariant, by using the existing infrastructure for bioethanol production.
The company is part of the International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) which is a privately owned industrial group headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.
Currently, the company has a workforce of 7,150 employees globally. In 2017, its German subsidiary announced layoffs. Corden Biochem - DE
Eurofound (2025), Corden BioChem, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 202692, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202692.
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