Japan's Fujikura plans to start manufacturing electrical equipment for cars in Lviv in early 2016, Corporate Vice President of Fujikura Automotive Europe Jorge Garcia said at a meeting with Head of Lviv Regional Administration Oleh Syniutka.

"We plan to start work in early 2016. At present, we're hiring employees to Fujikura Automotive Ukraine Lviv and training them," he said.

Garcia said that at the initial phase investment in production would total EUR 6 million. The number of employees at the new plant would be 300. The company plans to bring their number to 1,500 within two years.

Garcia told reporters that the projected production capacity of Fujikura Automotive Ukraine Lviv, which will be built in the industrial park in Lviv, would reach 4 million electric equipment sets.

Syniutka said that the creation of the subsidiary of the Japanese company in Lviv region is an important project, as this is a first large investment in Ukraine since the start of Russian aggression.