Westinghouse Electric Company has been accepted this week as full member of the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum (BBLF) at the Board Meeting.

Ivan Pironkov, Country Manager of Westinghouse for Bulgaria said: "The membership of Westinghouse in the Bulgarian Business Leaders forum is a great honor for us and we consider it as just the beginning of a successful partnership with BBLF members. Westinghouse Electric Company intends to be a major business partner and employer in the country, so we are more than enthusiastic to work in cooperation with the Forum."

Georgi Ruichev, Executive Director of BBLF, said: "We are happy to announced Westinghouse was voted BBLF member. The company is one of the world's leaders in the Energy sector and for us they are a great addition and a promising partner."

Westinghouse Electric Company, a group company of Toshiba Corporation (TKY:6502), is the world's pioneering nuclear energy company and is a leading supplier of multiple nuclear plant products and technologies to utilities throughout the world. Westinghouse supplied the world's first pressurized water reactor in 1957 in Shippingport, Pa., US. Today, Westinghouse technology is the basis for approximately one-half of the world's operating nuclear plants. AP1000 is trademark of Westinghouse Electric Company LLC. (All rights reserved.)

Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum (BBLF) The Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum is the leading organization in Bulgaria devoted to promoting the values of corporate social responsibility and business ethics to ensure a sustainable social, economic and environmental development.

12 multinational companies and NGOs, inspired by the concept of business ethics in 1998, set up BBLF. Over 100 companies and organizations are now members of BBLF.