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Retail Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Wholesale Of Other Machinery, Equipment And Supplies 46.69 - Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 March 2023
Employment effect (start)
28 March 2023
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023
Description
The German-owned company Multivac Bulgaria, a manufacturer of machines for food processing and various packaging solutions is opening 100 new workplaces. After a year of construction works, the company opened an extension of its production building in Bozhurishte, Sofia region. The new production and assembly facilities and offices are located on an area of 5 600 sq. m. The investment is about 6 mil. Euro. The company's total investment in Bulgaria so far is over 25 mil Euro for an overall plant area of 12 500 sq m. Multivac is present on Bulgarian market since 2018 and currently employs 230 people.
Eurofound (2023), Multivac Bulgaria, Business expansion in Bulgaria, factsheet number 108746, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/108746.
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