U.S.-based co Gentherm plans to open plant in Macedonia

The first phase of the facility, located near the southwestern city of Prilep, would be approximately 19,800 square metres and is planned to open in the fourth quarter of 2015, Gentherm said in a statement on its website. 

The value of the investment was not disclosed.

The new facility will produce the full line of Gentherm seat comfort and industrial products. After a three year build-up to full employment, it is expected to provide jobs for up to 1,000 people.

Our customers are all the major automobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the world and our mix of products continues to grow, so it is becoming increasingly important for us to have a global network of manufacturing facilities, Gentherm’s president and CEO Daniel R. Coker said in the statement.

Gentherm has more than 8,300 employees in facilities in the U.S., Germany, Canada, China, England, Hungary, Japan,Korea, Malta, Mexico and Ukraine.