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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
20 September 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
On 20 September 2016, the German-based international automotive engineering company, Willi Elbe Group, announced that it will open a new manufacturing plant for automotive parts in Kuklen, Plovdiv. This is the group's first plant in Bulgaria. 150 people are expected to be employed at the new plant by the end of 2016. The plant will develop and produce car parts for BMW and for Mercedes series trucks. The parts will be exported mainly to Western Europe and China.
Sources
22 September 2016: uspelite.bg
25 September 2016: Capital.bg
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Willi Elbe Automotive Bulgaria, Business expansion in Bulgaria, factsheet number 88776, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88776.
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