title: UMT–Pădurea Verde
text: # UMT–Pădurea Verde
  
  45°46′16″N 21°15′22″E﻿ / ﻿45.7711929°N 21.2562307°E﻿ / 45.7711929; 21.2562307 UMT–Pădurea Verde is a district of Timișoara located near the Green Forest and the former Timișoara Mechanical Plants (Romanian: Uzinele Mecanice Timișoara, abbreviated UMT). Founded in 1960 by the merger of two factories in the city, the Timișoara Mechanical Plants were bought in 2018 by Continental AG, a German multinational automotive manufacturer which has been operating since the early 2000s near the former industrial platform. The Banat Village Museum and the Zoological Garden are located in this district.
  
  