Local Plan for Sustainable Development of Sibiu Municipality
Local Plan for Sustainable Development of Sibiu Municipality Local Plan for Sustainable Development of Sibiu Municipality
24 MUNICIPALITY Tourism facilities used below capacity during low season. Insufficient tourism advertising. Inadequate transport infrastructure and technical equipment for tourism. Insufficient qualified personnel to ensure quality services. Great number of active SMEs that work in lohn system. Low foreign capital contribution to the SMEs social capital. Lack of infrastructure and financial resources useful to the promotion of SME products in fairs and exhibitions. Lack of an integrated concept and of an effective marketing for tourism promotion. I.3.3.1. Industry The city of Sibiu has an old industrial tradition. The guilds – organised by trades – date back to the 14 th century, and contributing to the development of the municipality. NO. OF FIRMS TURNOVER NO OFEMPLOYEES Million ROL GROSSPROFIT Total industry – from which: 967 9,674,620 30,512 Extractive industry 4 5,242 10 1,286 Processing industry – from which: 951 9,295,257 29,685 Food and beverages industry 171 1,946,356 3,278 74,295 Textile production 86 1,134,725 5,115 114,740 Clothes manufacture 94 986,480 6,507 144,184 Leather and leather products industry 62 727,187 2,739 115,113 Wood and wood products processing 73 335,865 1,243 14,339 Manufacture of cellulose, paper and paper products 24 74,202 145 2,272 Publishing houses, polygraphy and recording reproduction 60 142,374 303 15,051 Manufacture of chemical substances and products 21 32,631 37 6,433 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 71 443,168 1,186 72,410 Manufacture of products from non-metallic minerals 31 228,146 790 16,023 Metallurgy 8 56,709 18 24,413 Manufacture of metallic constructions and metallic products 119 298,774 723 34,245 Machines and equipments industry 18 451,854 2,389 15,169 Electric machines and equipment 6 155,626 188 1,147 Medical and precision instruments, optics and photography, watch industry 9 66,333 365 5,891 Transport vehicles industry 13 1,687,042 3,486 126,879 Furniture production and other industrial activities 67 276,988 993 9,255
25 SIBIU NO. OF FIRMS TURNOVER NO OFEMPLOYEES GROSSPROFIT Waste recovery 10 209,417 147 3,476 Production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water 11 290,796 374 Piping, treatment and supply of water 1 83,325 443 1,063 The significant branches in the development of Sibiu are: food industry with 20.1%, transport vehicles industry with 17.4%, manufacture of textile products with 11.7%, leather and leather products with 7.5%, machines and equipments industry with 4.7%, manufacture of rubber and plastic products with 4.6%, furniture production with 3.5%, metallic constructions and metallic products industry with 3.1%. The most frequent problems are: obsolete industrial equipments and technologies, the existence of polluting and high level energy consuming industries, a continuous process of wear of these industries, insufficient training in industrial management, and a lack of financial resources. The strategy for economic reorganisation was influenced by an incoherent and unstable law system, great inflation, de-valorisation of the national currency, and the slow capacity to adapt to the market structure changes, which led to significant imbalances in the economic equilibrium. The industrial production decreased year by year, the main causes being: • similar products competition from imports, • decrease in the population buying capacity, Problems in selling products on external markets led to growth in stocks, limiting of activities, reorientation of economic units to services and trade. Economic inefficiency or a high level of pollution led to activity interruption in some companies, and implicitly to a decrease in the number of employees, the industry becoming the main generator of unemployment. Taking into account the burden which unemployment represents for the national budget and the social pressure it generates, it was considered that the solution to this problem was the creation and development of private companies, capable to absorb the exceeding labour force. That is why it is absolutely necessary to support the viable private companies. Industrial West Zone During 2003 –2004, Sibiu had a dynamic economic development. The Industrial West Zone became a magnet for interested firms which bought a lot for building production units. This area attracted no less than 15 of the most important companies in Europe until April 2004. The value of foreign investments in Industrial West Zone will exceed 70 million Euro in the next years. The number of new working places will amount in 2004 to 1,000, and in 2005 to 2,000. SNR Roulments from Renault Group purchased 13 hectares of land for the construction of a plant for gearbox bearings, an investment of 6 million Euro. Continental AG Corporation, a leader of the European market in automobile sub-assembly industry, opened a new production unit for electronic components for the breaking system and a research unit in Sibiu. The firm Continental Termic bought 22.7 hectares of land for an investment of 20 million Euro. Continental is the major investor in Romania. Other companies attracted to the Industrial West Zone include Bramac, producer of roof covers, which plans an investment of 6 million Euro, and Gühring OHG, number two on the European market in splintering tools, with a planned investment of 5 million Euro. To these was added RUD Kettenfabrik Rieger & Dietz, a European leader in industrial chains and antiskid production, with an investment of 5 million Euro. Shortly after, the first Romanian investor appeared – the Polisano Pharmaceuticals Company from Sibiu, which bought land for the construction of a medicine plant. It was followed by the companies Brandl with a car parts factory, TAS – producing industrial assembling robots, MEWA – producer of prefab panels for constructions and Phoenix Mecano Plastic, producer of moulds and plastics.
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25<br />
SIBIU<br />
NO. OF<br />
FIRMS<br />
TURNOVER<br />
NO<br />
OFEMPLOYEES<br />
GROSSPROFIT<br />
Waste recovery 10 209,417 147 3,476<br />
Production and supply <strong>of</strong> electricity, heat, gas<br />
and water<br />
11 290,796 374<br />
Piping, treatment and supply <strong>of</strong> water 1 83,325 443 1,063<br />
The significant branches in the development <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sibiu</strong><br />
are: food industry with 20.1%, transport vehicles<br />
industry with 17.4%, manufacture <strong>of</strong> textile products<br />
with 11.7%, leather and leather products with 7.5%,<br />
machines and equipments industry with 4.7%,<br />
manufacture <strong>of</strong> rubber and plastic products with 4.6%,<br />
furniture production with 3.5%, metallic constructions<br />
and metallic products industry with 3.1%.<br />
The most frequent problems are: obsolete industrial<br />
equipments and technologies, the existence <strong>of</strong><br />
polluting and high level energy consuming industries,<br />
a continuous process <strong>of</strong> wear <strong>of</strong> these industries,<br />
insufficient training in industrial management, and a<br />
lack <strong>of</strong> financial resources.<br />
The strategy <strong>for</strong> economic reorganisation was<br />
influenced by an incoherent and unstable law system,<br />
great inflation, de-valorisation <strong>of</strong> the national currency,<br />
and the slow capacity to adapt to the market structure<br />
changes, which led to significant imbalances in the<br />
economic equilibrium.<br />
The industrial production decreased year by year, the<br />
main causes being:<br />
• similar products competition from imports,<br />
• decrease in the population buying capacity,<br />
Problems in selling products on external markets led<br />
to growth in stocks, limiting <strong>of</strong> activities, reorientation<br />
<strong>of</strong> economic units to services and trade.<br />
Economic inefficiency or a high level <strong>of</strong> pollution led to<br />
activity interruption in some companies, and implicitly<br />
to a decrease in the number <strong>of</strong> employees, the<br />
industry becoming the main generator <strong>of</strong><br />
unemployment.<br />
Taking into account the burden which unemployment<br />
represents <strong>for</strong> the national budget and the social<br />
pressure it generates, it was considered that the<br />
solution to this problem was the creation and<br />
development <strong>of</strong> private companies, capable to absorb<br />
the exceeding labour <strong>for</strong>ce. That is why it is absolutely<br />
necessary to support the viable private companies.<br />
Industrial West Zone<br />
During 2003 –2004, <strong>Sibiu</strong> had a dynamic economic<br />
development. The Industrial West Zone became a<br />
magnet <strong>for</strong> interested firms which bought a lot <strong>for</strong><br />
building production units. This area attracted no less<br />
than 15 <strong>of</strong> the most important companies in Europe<br />
until April 2004. The value <strong>of</strong> <strong>for</strong>eign investments in<br />
Industrial West Zone will exceed 70 million Euro in the<br />
next years. The number <strong>of</strong> new working places will<br />
amount in 2004 to 1,000, and in 2005 to 2,000.<br />
SNR Roulments from Renault Group purchased 13<br />
hectares <strong>of</strong> land <strong>for</strong> the construction <strong>of</strong> a plant <strong>for</strong><br />
gearbox bearings, an investment <strong>of</strong> 6 million Euro.<br />
Continental AG Corporation, a leader <strong>of</strong> the European<br />
market in automobile sub-assembly industry, opened<br />
a new production unit <strong>for</strong> electronic components <strong>for</strong><br />
the breaking system and a research unit in <strong>Sibiu</strong>. The<br />
firm Continental Termic bought 22.7 hectares <strong>of</strong> land<br />
<strong>for</strong> an investment <strong>of</strong> 20 million Euro. Continental is the<br />
major investor in Romania.<br />
Other companies attracted to the Industrial West Zone<br />
include Bramac, producer <strong>of</strong> ro<strong>of</strong> covers, which plans<br />
an investment <strong>of</strong> 6 million Euro, and Gühring OHG,<br />
number two on the European market in splintering<br />
tools, with a planned investment <strong>of</strong> 5 million Euro. To<br />
these was added RUD Kettenfabrik Rieger & Dietz, a<br />
European leader in industrial chains and antiskid<br />
production, with an investment <strong>of</strong> 5 million Euro.<br />
Shortly after, the first Romanian investor appeared –<br />
the Polisano Pharmaceuticals Company from <strong>Sibiu</strong>,<br />
which bought land <strong>for</strong> the construction <strong>of</strong> a medicine<br />
plant.<br />
It was followed by the companies Brandl with a car<br />
parts factory, TAS – producing industrial assembling<br />
robots, MEWA – producer <strong>of</strong> prefab panels <strong>for</strong><br />
constructions and Phoenix Mecano Plastic, producer<br />
<strong>of</strong> moulds and plastics.