Originally Posted by
Jed19
WRONG!
The main reason they are in Romania?
FIAT had a big manufacturing presence in Romania from the time of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, then FIAT got into trouble, Campy then saw the opportunity to take over a defunct FIAT factory and the relatively cheap labor (as compared to Italy). This is the main reason they are in Romania. Also, the car FIAT was manufacturing in Romania was a piece of s**t. And the labor pool was problematic. Think alcoholism on a huge scale.
I work in manufacturing and have lots of ex-Romanians kicking around in the industry over here. I am very familiar with the situation and history of manufacturing in Romania.
There are a lot of skilled machinists there and likely even an idiot can appreciate that it's easier to run a machine shop if you can find guys who know which buttons to push.