"Lukoil" has invested 35 million dollars in new facilities
In the plant are carried out reconstruction and modernization of the existing kotel and is installed filtering system
In the plant are carried out reconstruction and modernization of the existing kotel and is installed filtering system
Bulgarian cosmetics producer Biofresh will open in October a BGN 8.5 million plant in the Plovdiv area
Wages
Compared to the other countries in the region, Bulgaria offers some of the lowest labor costs in all of the four subsectors:
Labor cost per employee in full time units, (€/hour)
Country |
Manufacture of paper and paper products |
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products |
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products |
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products |
Bulgaria |
2.11 |
3.30 |
1.66 |
2.69 |
Romania |
3.20 |
4.84 |
3.22 |
4.01 |
Latvia |
5.47 |
5.66 |
4.95 |
6.45 |
Lithuania |
5.71 |
9.46 |
5.75 |
6.55 |
Poland |
6.85 |
9.15 |
6.63 |
7.60 |
Hungary |
7.81 |
11.20 |
6.91 |
8.11 |
Estonia |
7.89 |
8.63 |
7.58 |
9.01 |
Slovakia |
8.89 |
9.46 |
7.10 |
8.40 |
Czech Republic |
8.93 |
10.12 |
8.43 |
9.61 |
Slovenia |
12.44 |
15.50 |
12.67 |
12.41 |
Greece |
14.55 |
16.70 |
12.67 |
19.63 |
EU (27) |
24.15 |
31.55 |
20.08 |
19.99 |
Qualified experts with long-standing experience contribute to relatively high labor productivity.
Monthly average wages in the chemistry sector vary between €300 and €650 depending on the position.
Average earnings covered by social security, (€/month)
Apparent labour productivity by avg. personnel costs, (%)
Source: Eurostat
Education
Number of students in accredited tertiary education schools
Source: ATKearney, Ministry of education
About 60 000 students in related courses in vocational secondary schools |
|
Electronics and electrical engineering |
31 200 students |
Manufacture of chemicals |
2 460 students |
Machine building and transport equipment |
15 100 students |
Other related courses |
10 000 students |
• 4 800 students • Specialties: Mechanical and Instrumentation Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Transport Equipment and Technologies, etc.
More information »• 16 500 students • Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics and Informatics, etc.
More information »• 4 000 students • Accredited specialties by the European Federation of National Engineering Associations /FEANI/
More information »• 22 654 students • Departments in automation, machine and equipment, transport equipment, electronics and electrical engineering, machine building, engineering, etc.
More information »Vocational Secondary School of Chemical and Food Technology “Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov”, Dimitrovgrad
More information »Vocational Secondary School of Chemical and Microbiological Technology “Prof. Pencho Raikov”, Sofia
More information »Vocational Secondary School of Chemical Technology “Acad. N. D. Zelinskii”, Burgas
More information »University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy
More information »Българска Агенция за Инвестиции
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InvestBulgaria Agency
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Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
Tel.: ( +359 2 ) 985-5500
Fax: ( +359 2 ) 980-1320
E-mail: iba@investbg.government.bg