Logistika Magazine Issue 9 / November 2011

The company LB Bulgaricum works in three areas – licensing, production, and R&D. For more than half a century the company has been a technological leader of the diary industry in Bulgaria, as well as a leader in the export of know-how, technology, and starter cultures for Bulgarian yoghurt and dairy products.

Logistika Magazine Issue 8 / October 2011

Second life – that is how the development of Dynamo Sliven AD since 2003 can be described. In 2003, after many agonizing years, the company was transferred to a new owner through a bankruptcy procedure. The new owner put in a lot of efforts to get the company back on its feet. Nowadays, the company successfully sells its products.

Logistika Magazine Issue 6 / July 2011

Assarel-Medet is one of the largest Bulgarian companies for copper ore mining. The operations are entirely mechanized and automated. In the company’s open-pit mines huge excavating machines dig the earth and load it onto trucks with a capacity of 130 tons.

Logistika Magazine Issue 6 / July 2011

The management team of Megaport improved the competitiveness of the company through two projects financed by European programs. The funds are invested in innovative technologies from Austria and Germany.

Logistika Magazine Issue 5 2011

Sofia Mel is one of the largest and one of the most modern mills on the Balkans. It was put into operation in 1986, and was privatized in 1998. Since May 2009 the company is owned by the Austrian company LLI Euromills.

Logistika Magazine Issue 3 / April 2011

The choke production plant of Electrostart Plc. is located in the small Bulgarian town of Varshets. The bulk of the products – 95%, are exported to 32 countries on 4 continents all over the world. The company is among the top ten producers of ballasts for fluorescent lamps in the world. The Arab countries account for 30-40% of the sales of the company, says Mr. Kiril Argirov, co-owner of Electrostart. Most of the products of the company are delivered to the clients in containers.

Logistika Magazine Issue 2 2011

Solid 55 is a Bulgarian company which produces security doors, intelligent doors, metal and interior doors. Some of its products present an innovation not only for the Bulgarian market but on a worldwide scale. The design is done by the company team.
Solid 55 is always working on a new product. Some of the most successful products developed by the company are doors with electromechanical locks managed by contactless RFID cards.

Logistika Magazine Issue 1 2011

In a time when producers are holding back investments, the Plovdiv-based Jupiter 05 is building a modern factory for hot dip zinc coating with a 13 m long tub. The factory spans 25,000 sq.m and is due to be completed in April – with a total investment of BGN 21.5 million. The company, owned by Nikolay Ivanov, is one of the largest producers of metal constructions. It produces road fences (guard rails), electricity transmission poles, warehouse components, fire stairs and others.

Logistika Magazine Issue 10 / December 2010

Close to 85% of the production of the battery factory is exported to the EU. Ever since the privatization of the factory in 1998 the owner Prista Oil continuously invests in it. The production of lead-acid batteries used in cars and transportation vehicles was increased tenfold. New production capacities were created for production of starter and IGM batteries. In 2007 the company acquired another Bulgarian battery factory – Start, Dobrich.

Logistika Magazine Issue 8 / October 2010

Entrepreneurial spirit led the creation of one of the most advanced production facilities for design and manufacturing of optical, opto-electric and opto-mechanical assemblies and devices for military and civil purposes. The first production line was started in 1999. Since then, each year the management of OPTIX adds new production capabilities to the factory, with high-tech equipment, and a complete production process – with in-house design, prototyping and production of elements, assemblies and devices.