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Brochure"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
Chemistry
Human resources
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)
- Bulgaria has one of Europe’s highest relative labor productivity in the chemical sector
- In Bulgaria, €100 of labor cost investments generate €148 of output
Apparent labour productivity by avg. personnel costs, (%)
Source: Eurostat
Education
- There are five technical universities located in the cities of Sofia, Plovdiv, Burgas, Ruse and Varna
- 11% of the students major in courses relevant to the needs of the chemical and related industries
- 34% of the students in vocational secondary schools study related courses
- 43% of the students in the vocational secondary schools in the sector are concentrated in the cities of Sofia, Plovdiv, Burgas, Ruse and Varna
- Many universities have contacts with companies in the sector which offer scholarships programs, trainings and bursaries for young specialists
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 |
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University of Ruse “Angel Kanchev”
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University “Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov” - Burgas
• 4 800 students • Specialties: Mechanical and Instrumentation Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Transport Equipment and Technologies, etc.
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University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”
• 16 500 students • Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics and Informatics, etc.
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University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy
• 4 000 students • Accredited specialties by the European Federation of National Engineering Associations /FEANI/
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Technical University of Sofia
• 22 654 students • Departments in automation, machine and equipment, transport equipment, electronics and electrical engineering, machine building, engineering, etc.
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Varna Technical University
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Vocational Secondary School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Sofia
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Vocational Secondary School of Chemical and Food Technology “Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov”, Dimitrovgrad
Vocational Secondary School of Chemical and Food Technology “Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov”, Dimitrovgrad
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Vocational Secondary School of Chemical and Microbiological Technology “Prof. Pencho Raikov”, Sofia
Vocational Secondary School of Chemical and Microbiological Technology “Prof. Pencho Raikov”, Sofia
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Vocational Secondary School of Chemical Technology “Acad. N. D. Zelinskii”, Burgas
Vocational Secondary School of Chemical Technology “Acad. N. D. Zelinskii”, Burgas
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Ruse University “Angel Kanchev” - Chemistry
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Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski” - Chemistry
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Technical University of Varna
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University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”
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Burgas Prof. Assen Zlatarov University
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University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy
University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy
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Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski - Chemistry
