est of the city for the production of mobile telephony and
government inspection department devices. In 2009, the company laid off 640
workers. The American company Procter & Gamble manufactures washing and
cleaning agents in Timișoara. Smithfield Foods - the world's largest pork
processor and hog producer - has two subsidiaries in Timișoara and Timiș
County: Smithfield Ferme and Smithfield Prod.
Like most of Romania, Timișoara experienced
economic slowdown in 2009, due to the global economic downturn
