Type
Business expansion
Country
Bulgaria
Region
Yuzhna Bulgaria; Yugozapaden; Sofia (stolitsa)
Location of affected unit(s)
Sofia
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities
Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation
52.21 - Service activities incidental to land transportation

150 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
11 January 2013
Employment effect (start)
11 January 2013
Foreseen end date
17 January 2013

Description

On 20 January 2013 Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will open new plant for the repair of metrotrains where 150 new employees will be recruited.

BGN17 million are invested on project funded by the OP "Transport". The company was built on Czech model, using technology from Austria and meets all international standards. The plant consists of four halls, three of them with channels and tracks, equipped with jacks for lifting whole trains. The modern facility meets the growing needs of the Sofia subway, and the project also includes plans to extent the metro network.

The construction began in 2011 and was completed on 19 December 2012. The beneficiary of the project is Metropolitan PLC, the operator of the metro network owned by Sofia Municipality.


Sources

  • 17 January 2013: economy
  • 11 January 2013: Finance

Citation

Eurofound (2013), Zavod za remont na metrovlakove, Business expansion in Bulgaria, factsheet number 74772, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74772.