ABB Bulgaria

Type
Business expansion
Country
Bulgaria
Region
Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria; Yugozapaden; Blagoevgrad
Location of affected unit(s)
Petrich
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
27.1 - Manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus
27.1 - Manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus
420 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
9 September 2019
Employment effect (start)
17 August 2019
Foreseen end date

Description

The electric equipment manufacturer ABB officially opened its fifth production unit in Bulgaria in the town of Petrich on 17 September 2019, creating 420 new jobs. The recruitment has started and around 130 workers have already been hired. The production unit offers a modern workplace for welding, pre-assembly, final assembly and testing for modular DIN rail mounting equipment. ABB provides more than 2,800 jobs in Bulgaria.

The company is subsidiary of the Swiss-Swedish ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri) - a technology leader in electrification, industrial digitisation, motion, and robotics automation, operating in more than 100 countries with around 147,000 employees.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), ABB Bulgaria, Business expansion in Bulgaria, factsheet number 98911, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/98911.