June 6 (SeeNews) - The German manufacturer of packaging equipment Multivac opened an 18.8 million euro ($22.1 million) production plant in the outskirts of Bulgarian capital Sofia on Wednesday, local media reported.
The company plans to hire 153 employees at the plant located in the Bozhurishte industrial zone, news website novini.bg reported.
The company started the construction of the production plant in September, 2016.
Elsewhere in Southeast Europe, the German company is present in Albania, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.
Multivac is a family-owned business, which employs over 4,600 worldwide. The company operates in 138 countries around the world, according to information posted on its website.
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