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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 May 2006
Employment effect (start)
2 January 2008
Foreseen end date
Description
Liebherr-Hausgeräte Marica EOOD will expand its factory in Bulgaria till 2008. The planned investment amounts to BGN 70 million. This will create 800 new jobs in the factory, said Mr Hristo Georgiev, economic director of Liebherr-Hausgeraete Marica EOOD. The factory manufactures large and varied high-quality refrigerators and freezers for domestic and commercial use. In 2005, Liebherr produced 351,000 refrigerators and freezers in Bulgaria, 90% of them were exported to Western Europe. The main competitors of Liebherr in Bulgaria are the middle and high price products of Zanussi, Whirlpool, Siemens etc.
Eurofound (2006), Liebherr, Business expansion in Bulgaria, factsheet number 63588, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63588.
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