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Bulgaria Says Back on Global Car Production Map

Sixteen years after Bulgaria's last failed attempt to revive its automobile industry, the first car under the Great Wall badge assembled here has been rolled out at a factory near the town of Lovech, Northern Bulgaria.

Business » Industry | November 14, 2011, Monday // 16:47 | Viewed: 5627

Bulgaria's Industrial Production up by 1.5% September 2011 Y/Y

Preliminary data released Monday by the Bulgarian National Statistics Institute, NSI, showed that Bulgaria's seasonally adjusted Industrial Production Index was up by 1.

Business » Industry | November 7, 2011, Monday // 13:23 | Viewed: 3227

Litex, Great Wall Car Commercials Debut in Bulgaria

Litex Motors is launching on the Bulgarian market TV commercials for the Great Wall vehicles it would manufacture in partnership with the Chinese company with the same name.

Business » Industry | November 7, 2011, Monday // 09:23 | Viewed: 9957

Korean Firm Mulls Making Electric Cars in Bulgaria's Varna

A Korean company is considering investment opportunities for the production of electric cars in Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna, South Korea's Ambassador Chun Bi-ho announced.

Business » Industry | November 2, 2011, Wednesday // 17:50 | Viewed: 5079

Bulgaria's Privatized Cigarette-maker Appoints Brand-New Board

Bulgaria's recently privatized cigarette-making giant Bulgartabac Holding has brand new management after the new owners from the Russian state bank VTB dismissed the previous management of the company.

Business » Industry | November 1, 2011, Tuesday // 20:28 | Viewed: 7777

Bulgaria Makes BGN 15 M from Sale of Minority Stake at 'Arsenal' Military Plant

The Bulgarian state has picked a buyer for its 35.78% share at "Arsenal Kazanlak", one of the largest military factories in the Balkans, the Privatization and Post-privatization Control Agency announced.

Business » Industry | October 26, 2011, Wednesday // 15:49 | Viewed: 2585

Swiss-Based Engineering Giant ABB Organizes 5th Annual Seminar in Bulgaria

The Bulgarian subsidiary of Swiss-based engineering manufacturer ABB Group has set up its fifth annual technical seminar in the city of Plovdiv.

Business » Industry | October 19, 2011, Wednesday // 16:43 | Viewed: 3391

Bulgarian Govt Seals Sale of Cigarette Giant Bulgartabac

Bulgaria's Privatization Agency has formally transferred 79.83% of Bulgarian cigarette maker Bulgartabac to Russian state-owned bank VTB for the price of EUR 100.1 M.

Business » Industry | October 17, 2011, Monday // 15:24 | Viewed: 8007

Air Liquide Contracted to Supply Extra Volumes of Oxygen to Copper Smelter Aurubis Bulgaria

French Air Liquide has signed a new contract with copper smelter Aurubis Bulgaria for the supply of additional quantities of gaseous oxygen, the company said in a statement Thursday.

Business » Industry | October 13, 2011, Thursday // 14:02 | Viewed: 5154

1st Bulgarian Electric Cars to Be Made in Lovech in 2012

The Litex Motors plant in the northern city of Lovech will have all the needed base and technology to start manufacturing the first series of Bulgarian electric cars in the spring.

Business » Industry | October 11, 2011, Tuesday // 13:18 | Viewed: 13635

Bulgarian Agriculture Min Vows More Subsidies For Livestock Breeders

Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov and Minister of Agriculture Miroslav Naydenov were present at the 9th annual national livestock breeding exhibit Saturday.

Business » Industry | October 8, 2011, Saturday // 15:21 | Viewed: 2710

22% of Bulgaria's SMEs Have Export Potential - EconMin

Bulgaria's export increased by 37% in the first seven months of the year, Bulgarian Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Traicho Traikov said Friday at the presentation of a national export portal.

Business » Industry | October 7, 2011, Friday // 15:55 | Viewed: 2573

Bulgarian Lead, Zinc Complex to Pay Fine for Environmental Breaches

The Administrative Court in Kardzhali has confirmed a fine of BGN 60 000 imposed on Bulgarian lead and zinc smelter, OTZK, over its noncompliance with the integrated environmental permit.

Business » Industry | September 26, 2011, Monday // 15:41 | Viewed: 2745

Bulgaria's Sopharma to Open Brand New Plant in Belgrade

Bulgarian pharmaceutical giant Sopharma will open a new tablet manufacturing plant in Serbia's capital Belgrade, it has been announced.

Business » Industry | September 26, 2011, Monday // 14:44 | Viewed: 3285

7 Models of China Great Wall Cars Debut at Plovdiv Fair

The Fall International Plovdiv Technical Fair will feature seven car models of the Chinese Company Great Wall to be manufactured in its Bulgarian plant in the city of Lovech.

Business » Industry | September 19, 2011, Monday // 11:48 | Viewed: 3259

Russian, 'Not Bulgarian', Investor Lurking as 'Real Buyer' of Bulgartabac

A still unnamed "Russian investor" is the real buyer of Bulgaria's cigarette maker Bulgartabac, and there is no covert Bulgarian entities in the deal, according to the head of the Privatization Agency Emil Karanikolov.

Business » Industry | September 14, 2011, Wednesday // 16:13 | Viewed: 3378

Bulgarian Tunnel Construction Industry to Hold International Forum

The Bulgarian Association of Geotechnical and Tunnel Construction is convening in Sofia October 12-14 an international conference featuring experts in the field.

Business » Industry | September 13, 2011, Tuesday // 15:47 | Viewed: 2733

Bulgaria Hurriedly Seals Bulgartabac Sale to Russia's VTB

Bulgaria's privatisation agency sealed the deal to sell cigarette maker Bulgartabac to a unit of Russia's VTB Bank on Tuesday, before the competition watchdog delivers its ruling.

Business » Industry | September 13, 2011, Tuesday // 15:28 | Viewed: 2990

Bulgarian Competition Watchdog to Keep an Eye on Bulgartabac

Bulgaria's Commission on Protection of Competition will have to check any resale of recently privatized cigarette producer Bulgartabac.

Business » Industry | September 10, 2011, Saturday // 15:52 | Viewed: 2287

Bulgarbatac New Owner Said to Mull Piecemeal Sale of Assets

Russia's second-biggest bank VTB, which recently acquired a majority stake in Bulgaria's cigarette maker Bulgartabac, is considering the sale of individual assets of the holding, according to local media reports.

Business » Industry | September 9, 2011, Friday // 14:26 | Viewed: 3848

Bulgarian Mines Break Coal Production Record in January-August 2011

Bulgaria's state-owned Mini Maritsa Iztok EAD (i.e. Maritsa East Mines Jsc) achieved a record production of coal in the first eight months of 2011.

Business » Industry | September 8, 2011, Thursday // 17:38 | Viewed: 3666
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