SOFIA (Bulgaria), December 15 (SeeNews) – U.S.-based conglomerate Dow is looking into investment opportunities in Bulgaria, the economy ministry in Sofia said on Friday.
Bulgaria has longstanding traditions in the chemical sector and enough qualified workers, the economy ministry said in a statement, following a meeting between deputy economy minister Aleksandar Manolev and Howard Chase, director of government affairs for Dow in Europe.
No further details were disclosed.
In August, Dow Chemical Company successfully completed its merger with U.S. peer Dupont, forming DowDuPont, worth an estimated $130 billion (110.2 billion euro). DowDuPont is the world’s largest chemical company in terms of sales.
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