ALC – Bugaria

Type
Business expansion
Country
Bulgaria
Region
Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria; Yugozapaden; Blagoevgrad
Location of affected unit(s)
Blagoevgrad
Sector
Manufacturing
(13 - 15) Manufacture of textiles, apparel and leather
13.9 - Manufacture of other textiles
13.96 - Manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles
250 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
30 November 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2016
Foreseen end date

Description

ALC – Bulgaria, the local subsidiary of Canadian company ALC, plans to create up to 250 new jobs in a new factory in Blagoevgrad by the end of April 2017. This will be the third ALC factory in the country and it will produce trim components for Volkswagen. The first factory was established in 2011 in Musachevo and employs some 1,000 people while the second was established in 2013 in Ihtiman and has about 600 employees.

Established in 1994, the company manufactures seat covers, trim inserts, steering wheel covers as well as gear and hand brake grips and bellows.

Sources

  • 30 November 2016: http://www.capital.bg
  • 1 December 2016: http://www.money.bg

Citation

Eurofound (2016), ALC – Bugaria, Business expansion in Bulgaria, factsheet number 89299, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/89299.