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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.2 - Manufacture of plastic products
140 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 February 2022
Employment effect (start)
10 February 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
Plastics product manufacturing company Ansa Borima has production facilities in two locations in Lovech, Bulgaria, and has announced to open a third one in the region, even if the exact location is not specified. Around 140 new employees will be hired to work at the new plant. The workers will work on shifts.
Ansa Borima settled in the Lovech area in 2018, where it currently employs 190 people, and its growth in 2021 was 60%. The company manufactures over 500 different telecommunication equipment products, and about 500 other plastic products. Some of the company's main clients are Schneider Electric and ABB.
Sources
10 February 2022: News Glas Media Lovech website (www.newsglas.com)
Citation
Eurofound (2022), Ansa Borima, Business expansion in Bulgaria, factsheet number 106475, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106475.
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