the first spadeful of earth for the extension work on the produc-tion hall at the Bulgarian site in Bozhurishte was turned by Dr Christian Lau, Executive Vice President of Manufacturing at MUL-TIVAC, and Miyryam Servet Mustafa, Managing Director of MUL-TIVAC Bulgaria Production EOOD. The guests included Dr An-toaneta Bares, Executive Director of National Company Industrial Zones, and Georgi Dimov, the Mayor of Bozhurishte. Production and assembly facilities, as well as state-of-the-art offices, will be constructed on an area covering approximately 5,000 square me-tres. The investment amounts to around five million euros and completion is planned for autumn 2022.
“The factory in Bozhurishte has progressed very successfully, since it was put into operation three and a half years ago, and its capacity is now fully utilised. It comprises a factory building with the latest manu-facturing technology and pre-assembly areas, as well as a Shared Ser-vices facility - and it delivers to various companies within our Group. We are very pleased, that this new building will enable us to significant-ly expand our production capacity at the site,” explained Dr Christian Lau, Executive Vice President of Manufacturing at MULTIVAC.
“The results achieved since the factory was opened have prompted our decision to continue investing in Bulgaria”, added Miyryam Servet Mus-tafa, Managing Director of MULTIVAC Bulgaria Production EOOD. “I am convinced that this building extension will provide many exciting new opportunities, and further production areas will emerge in the future. Not only will it provide a steadily growing number of jobs in the loca-tion, but it also shows that we have an outstanding development in Bulgaria.”
The production site at Bozhurishte was put into operation in 2018.
The sales company for Bulgaria, with its own showroom and training facility for customers and staff, is also located on this site. In addition to the factory in Bulgaria, MULTIVAC has twelve additional production sites in Germany, Austria, Spain, Brazil, China, Japan and the USA, as well as more than 80 sales and service companies worldwide.
About MULTIVAC
MULTIVAC is one of the leading providers worldwide of packaging so-lutions for food products of all types, life science, and healthcare prod-ucts, as well as industrial items. The MULTIVAC portfolio covers virtually all requirements of processors and producers in terms of pack design, output, and resource efficiency. It comprises a wide range of packaging technologies, as well as automation solutions, labellers, and quality control systems. The product range is rounded off with solutions up-stream of the packaging process in the areas of portioning and pro-cessing, as well as bakery technology. Thanks to our extensive expertise in packaging lines, all modules can be integrated into complete solu-tions. This means that MULTIVAC solutions guarantee a high level of operational and process reliability, as well as efficiency. The MULTIVAC Group has approximately 6,900 employees worldwide, with some 2,300 based at its headquarters in Wolfertschwenden. With over 80 subsidiar-ies, the Group is represented on all continents. More than 1,000 sales advisors and service technicians throughout the world use their know-how and experience to the benefit of customers, and they ensure all in-stalled MULTIVAC machines are utilised to their maximum. Further information can be found at: www.multivac.com.
