Hella’s New Development Centre in Romania

Hella are expanding their software and electronics activities with a new test and development centre newly opened at the Craiova site in Romania. With this step, Hella are creating space for further expansion. The company currently employ around 350 people in Craiova, mainly focusing on the development of control units and software. These competencies are to be further expanded and supplemented by others; Hella plan to create around 250 additional jobs in Craiova over the next few years.

On the occasion of the new centre’s opening, Björn Twiehaus—jointly responsible for the Electronics division on the Hella Management Board, said, “Sophisticated software and automotive electronics are indispensable drivers of mobility already today. They will continue to gain in importance in the future and will undoubtedly become decisive key factors”.

With a total floor space of over 6,400 m², with open office concepts and twelve meeting rooms, the new building also has a state-of-the-art test laboratory and an underground car park for test vehicles.

Hella started doing business in Craiova in 2007. The company employ more than 4,200 people in Romania at seven locations in Timisoara, Arad, Lugoj, and Craiova.