Production Sites
Bucharest
The headquarters on Racari St. no. 5 is the principal place of business administration and management.
Also, the office in Bucharest is the main center for research, development and design of the group.
Here are also found productive activities specific of the group, such as:
- mould designing, drawing and development - ELJ Moulds;
- mould execution, modification and maintenance - ELJ Moulds;
- production of metal components (contacts) for electrical products - Nicprem and Metaplast;
- electrical components assembly line - Metaplast and Nicprem.
At the group’s headquarters in Bucharest, 73 employees are working on a total area of 1000 sqm.
Titu, Dambovita
At Titu, on 101 Bis Station Street, there is the main plastics production headquarters of the group, where we own the two injection factories:
- NICPREM Factory - 2200 square meters - manufacturing plastic parts for home appliances industries (especially refrigeration) - Production start in June 2006;
- METAPLAST Factory - 2500 square meters - manufacturing plastic parts for automotive industry - Production start July 2009.
We have 24 injection machines (brand Engel, Arburg, Negri Bossi, Haitian), from 40t to 1300 TF
The group owns 18,000 square meters in Titu, and expected expansion of production facilities soon.
Group History
Group Construction - 1991-2007
1991 METAPLAST is founded in 1991 by Jean Drugescu, General Manager today. He started the company producing plastic injected parts and electrical components for the automotive industry, mostly spare parts.
1994 NICPREM IMPEX SRL was founded in 1994 in order to focus on appliances market and to separate he company's products into two separate divisions, with the common ideals of innovation and expanding product range.
2002 NICPREM IMPEX SRL starts a successful collaboration with ARCTIC-Arcelik in the field of electronics components, especially in the refrigeration industry. The main products are electrical components (buttons, switches, signals) and plastic injection parts.
2004 Expansion of production. The group moves into new headquarters and production space of 1000 sqm in Bucharest - Str. Racari no. 5, present headquarters.
2005 Metaplast begins working with Renault-Nissan, for which develops and delivers for the 9 series production of perimeter board instrumentation (breaker failure, flag st / dr, windshield washer wiper switch).
2006 Acquisition of Titu perimeter with a new factory of 2500 sqm and 18,000 sqm of surrounding land for future expansions. Purchase 9 tonnage injection machines small-medium tonnage (200-400T) Negri Bossi brand for equipping the new plant, which starts production at 2 months of purchase.
2007 Expanding injection capacity, with three new injection machines average tonnage (550-700T), Haitian brand.
December 2007 Acquisition of the mold company ELJ Moulds S.R.L., which will provide maintenance work for group companies, and offers opportunities for assimilation, development and manufacture of molds, dies and accessories.
Preparing for the automotive industry - 2007-2009
Since 2007, the group's strategy focused on developing its production capacity for the automotive industry.
August 2007 - started a successful partnership with the well-known auto parts developer Mollertech France today Eurostyle Systems.
January-March 2008 - Metaplast is nominated as a first rank provider for the latest senior project Dacia - Duster H79. We produce a large number of plastic parts, the inner perimeters (Garnisaje), dashboard, console and exterior accessories.
The second half of 2008 - ELJ Matrite SRL produces a range of automotive industry dedicated molds for various projects Renault, Peugeot.
Late 2008 - early 2009, investing into a new expansion, to begin work in the automotive industry. At the headquarters of Titu company makes a green-field investment for a new factory focused on producing plastic parts for automobiles.
February 2009 - Signed contract with ENGEL for 7 injection machines, with the necessary equipment for the automotive industry.
March 2009 - The entire injection activity is moved to Titu, remaining in Bucharest only main offices, assembly line and moulds production.
April-May 2009 - Titu new factory is completed, the new ENGEL machines arrive and are installed, together with related equipment.
July 2009 - The first injection tests in the new factory for mass production Duster H79.
September-October 2009 - Validation of all Duster H79 products by Dacia customer.
November-December 2009 - Received orders via Web-EDI for mass production.
January 2010 - Start of series production for Duster H79.
February-June 2010 - Growth in step successfully deployed to date.