December 16 (SeeNews) - French aviation systems manufacturer Latecoere plans to open a production plant in Bulgaria's Plovdiv, a French embassy official said on Friday.
Latecoere plans to open the aviation equipment plant at the end of 2017 in Trakia Economic Zone of Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv, the official who declined to be named told SeeNews on Friday.
The company plans to hire 100 in the new plant with prospects of increasing staff to 400 in the course of time, the official added.
The Latecoere Group works in the fields of aerostructures, wiring, embedded systems and engineering services. Its main customers are Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Dassault and Embraer.