Romanian group Alexander International is closing the Brawe engineering unit in Kaplice, Czech Republic, which produced pressed and molded parts for engines, bodies and chassis in steel and aluminum, local publication Jižní Čechy TEĎ reports.
Due to the lack of orders, the company gradually began to lay off employees. On Friday, September 27, the last 39 workers were laid off with two months’ notice.
Brawe Kaplice was originally a German family business, respectively part of the German component manufacturer Brandl Industries. When the company stopped doing well, the owner sold it to some Romanian owners who tried to restart it. But without success, contracts and projects were ending and new ones could not be obtained.
Thus, gradual layoffs began, and if two years ago the company had approximately 300 employees in Kaplice, today the last 39 employees work in Brawa.
“And they were fired on Friday, September 27, they have a two-month notice period. The Romanian company itself decided to end production in Kaplice”, confirmed Jiří Řihout, representative of the regional association from the South Bohemia region, on behalf of the Kovo trade union.
The Brawe factory in Kaplice was operated by the Czech legal entity Brawe spol s.r.o., fully controlled by the Romanian company Automotive Capital Investment SRL. It is owned by Simion and Loredana Apreutese (56% of the shares) and by the general manager Aron Nuti (30%), along with 4 more natural persons: Gabriel Sala (5%), Claudia Truțiu (5%), Paul Goddert (2 %) and Ioana Poleac (2%).