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You scream, I scream, but no ice cream: Unilever abandons Bulgarian production plant

You scream, I scream, but no ice cream: Unilever abandons Bulgarian production plant

The second biggest ice cream producer shuts doors



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Amongst a sharp dip in investments during 2024 there have been a few that have also withdrawn entirely from the country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


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


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: Time to escape the German economic embrace

The week: Time to escape the German economic embrace

The German curse of the industry, Peevski wins, BNB tries to curb house lending


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


Grain trader Agrix to buy sunflower oil producer Olimex

Grain trader Agrix to buy sunflower oil producer Olimex

The transaction was approved by the antitrust body but has not been finalized yet


Bulgarian flexible packaging manufacturer Plastchim-T acquires Italian peer Manucor

Bulgarian flexible packaging manufacturer Plastchim-T acquires Italian peer Manucor

The price of the deal is not disclosed but calculations show it tops 50 million euro



Schneider Electric to build second factory near Plovdiv

Schneider Electric to build second factory near Plovdiv

Investment in the project’s first phase costs 107 million levs, production to start in 2025


The week: Is CEE turning into Latin America, The return of GERB is (almost) complete, Sofia's got trouble

The week: Is CEE turning into Latin America, The return of GERB is (almost) complete, Sofia's got trouble

K Insights newsletter: 17/05



Turkey's Sisecam to invest $30 million in Targovishte plant

Turkey's Sisecam to invest $30 million in Targovishte plant

A new coated glass production line will start operating at Trakia Glass Bulgaria in 2025



Jun Young-Jun, CEO of Hyundai E&C: We Will Engage 10,000 Workers for the New Reactors at the Kozloduy NPP

Jun Young-Jun, CEO of Hyundai E&C: We Will Engage 10,000 Workers for the New Reactors at the Kozloduy NPP

"Securing competitive financing will be crucial for the success of the project," says the CEO of the Korean company in an interview


DEMOBAZA: Bulgarian clothes for Hollywood artists

DEMOBAZA: Bulgarian clothes for Hollywood artists

Teodora Alexandrova and Dimitar Sulev based their fashion brand in Bulgaria, but produce clothes for the biggest stars in Hollywood


Fruit and vegetables: Top firms’ incomes rise, yet problems remain

Fruit and vegetables: Top firms’ incomes rise, yet problems remain

In 2022, the total revenues of the 10 largest companies in the sector exceeded 95 million levs


The week: What a Big Mac can tell us about the future of Sofia

The week: What a Big Mac can tell us about the future of Sofia

Sofia gets really expensive, Peevski gets a post, and Real Estate keeps booming