I firmly believe that the foundation for successful economic development is industry. It is the foundation that can build everything else - and services with high added value, and related production. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Innovation Tomislav Donchev at the official opening of the new high-tech automotive parts factory of “Zies Europe“ EOOD in the Trakia Economic Zone (TIZ) near Plovdiv. The enterprise has a “class A“ certificate under the Investment Promotion Act.
“The road to prosperity runs through factories, not through yellow cobblestones. Bulgaria is increasingly successfully integrating into world markets. The task we are pursuing is to produce more complex and more expensive products in our country“, Donchev added.
According to him, in Bulgaria we should strive to produce a complete end product – a car, a truck, an airplane. “We have gained experience in the production of components. It is right to claim a complete product. We have achieved this technological level, competing with others in the world markets“, the Deputy Prime Minister is categorical and added that the best is yet to come.
He expressed regret that industrial production in our country is concentrated in only 4 or 5 zones. “In Plovdiv it is the largest – with the largest scale and experience. And this is no coincidence. I would like to specially thank everyone who made this investment possible. We cannot fail to acknowledge the efforts and talent of Eng. Panchev, supported by everyone“, Donchev also said.
The official opening of the newest high-tech plant in Bulgaria was also attended by the General Manager of Shanghai Unison Aluminum Products Co. Luo Shibing, the founder and CEO of TIZ Eng. Plamen Panchev, the Mayor of Plovdiv Kostadin Dimitrov and his deputy for digitalization, European policies, business development and education Vladimir Temelkov and others.
The size of the certified investment is nearly 19 million BGN and it is planned to create 100 new jobs.