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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.31 - Manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment for motor vehicles
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
31 July 2016
Employment effect (start)
31 July 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Yazaki Bulgaria, the local subsidiary of Japanese car cabling systems manufacturer Yazaki, plans to create up to 300 new jobs in Dimitrovgrad by the end of 2016. Yazaki Bulgaria employs about 5,000 people in Bulgaria in other two factories, respectively in Sliven (1,300) and Yambol (3,700). Opened in 2015, the factory in Dimitrovgrad is the company's third plant in Bulgaria and it produces cabling systems for Mercedes Benz.
Sources
31 July 2016: bgnovinite.eu
20 September 2016: economy.bg
5 May 2015: novinite
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Yazaki Bulgaria, Business expansion in Bulgaria, factsheet number 88774, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88774.
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