JTI, the global owner of both Winston and Camel, announced on Thursday, November 27, a plan to build a new, state-of-the-art factory in \u0218tef\u0103ne\u0219tii de Jos, Ilfov County.<\/p>\n
Designed to replace the current Bucharest production site, which is operating under space constraints, the facility is scheduled for completion in 2027. Ground works at the new factory will begin in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a global company, we continuously seek opportunities to optimize our manufacturing footprint and drive sustainable growth,\u201d said\u00a0Philip Livingston<\/strong>\u00a0(photo right), JTI Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain.<\/p>\n JTI\u2019s factory in Romania currently exports around 75% of its production to more than 70 countries worldwide, serving as one of the company\u2019s key manufacturing hubs in Europe.<\/p>\n \u201cSince the beginning of our operations in 1994, we have expanded numerous times. We\u2019re committed to continuously upgrading our production capacity, investing in state-of-the-art equipment, and delivering high-quality products,\u201d said\u00a0Klaus-Walter Thul<\/strong> , Factory Lead at JTI Romania.<\/p>\n Over the years, JTI invested in the modernization and expansion of its Romanian operations. In 2012, the company invested EUR 25 million to increase its production capacity, creating over 125 new jobs. In 2021, JTI launched a EUR 60 million investment program to further upgrade its facilities, implemented over three years.<\/p>\n Today, more than 630 people work at JTI\u2019s factory in Bucharest, out of a total of over 1,500 JTI employees across the country.<\/p>\n source\uff1ahttps:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/jti-new-state-art-factory-romania-2025<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" JTI, the global owner of both Winston and Camel, announced on Thursday, November 27, a plan to build a new, state-of-the-art factory in \u0218tef\u0103ne\u0219tii de Jos, Ilfov County. Designed to replace t …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}