May 29 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's Kaufland Service IT Hub, the IT solutions provider of Schwarz Group's unit Kaufland Bulgaria, has opened its second IT office in the country, the company said on Wednesday.
In relation to the new opening in Sofia the company plans to double the number of employees by the end of 2020, who at the moment total 110, the IT solutions provider said in a statement.
"Over the last years the IT sector in Bulgaria has been developing fast, with the main reason being the highly skilled Bulgarian specialists. This attracts even more investors and international companies,", Mihail Petrov, executive director of Kaufland Service IT Hub Bulgaria, said in the statement.
Kaufland Service IT Hub is part of tech company Schwarz IT that creates IT solutions for Germany-based Schwarz Group through a network of hubs which support over 11,500 supermarkets of the Kaufland retail store chain.
The company's first IT office in Sofia has been operational for almost three years now. It is the biggest hub of Schwarz IT and Kaufland Service IT Hub so far.