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Bulgaria's new factories for 2024: How has the industrial landscape changed

Bulgaria's new factories for 2024: How has the industrial landscape changed

Amongst a sharp dip in investments during 2024 there have been a few that have also withdrawn entirely from the country



The biggest employers: strong wage growth, stagnant hiring

The biggest employers: strong wage growth, stagnant hiring

The ranking of the top 200 companies by staff for 2023 shows layoffs in the automotive, bicycle and call center sectors, while IT and supermarket chains keep hiring


The week: A map of industrial brilliance

The week: A map of industrial brilliance

Factory of the Year is Solvay, Bulgaria loses some European money, How to destroy a 2000-year-old Basilica


Guns, auto parts and meds: The K100 new entries

Guns, auto parts and meds: The K100 new entries

The new and lesser known firms that have made it into Capital’s 2024 ranking of Bulgaria's top 100 businesses


K100 2024: Stagnation after the boom for Bulgaria’s largest firms

K100 2024: Stagnation after the boom for Bulgaria’s largest firms

The new annual edition of Capital 100 ranking shows that the revenues of the top 100 companies shrank by 14% last year after the boom in the energy sector in 2022. The star businesses of 2023 are arms, cars and solar


Bulgaria’s Biomyc offering mushroom-based alternative to plastic

Bulgaria’s Biomyc offering mushroom-based alternative to plastic

The company is developing mycelium composite materials and already has clients like Mercedes-Benz and KIA


Germany's struggles reveal an uncomfortable truth about Bulgaria's economy

Germany's struggles reveal an uncomfortable truth about Bulgaria's economy

Structural problems affecting Bulgaria’s largest trading partner will affect local industries that fail to adapt and diversify their clients


Rising Wages, Lagging Productivity: The End of Bulgaria’s Cheap Labor Advantage

Rising Wages, Lagging Productivity: The End of Bulgaria’s Cheap Labor Advantage

Income growth in Bulgaria outpaces labor productivity by far, signaling the end of the low-cost labor model


The week: Why Nations Fail in football and elections

The week: Why Nations Fail in football and elections

One night in Belfast, What is wrong with the Air Force, Varna ex-mayor is sinking




A perfect storm: why Pleven’s Leoni is closing

A perfect storm: why Pleven’s Leoni is closing

The German automotive cable supplier faces a volatile market, rising labor costs and a shortage of workers


Irim: from a small workshop to a major furniture manufacturer

Irim: from a small workshop to a major furniture manufacturer

With a turnover of 100 million levs, the Ruse-based family company is one of the biggest in the sector and exports products to 15 countries




Germany’s Kayser opens car parts plant in Pleven

Germany’s Kayser opens car parts plant in Pleven

The company will invest 10 million euro in the manufacture of tube systems in a rented building


Bulgaria Economic Trends: Wage Growth Slowing Down

Bulgaria Economic Trends: Wage Growth Slowing Down

Wage increases are expected to decelerate this year, ranging between 5% and 14%