# OSRAM opens $50M lighting plant near Plovdiv, Bulgaria

OSRAM GmbH opened its first factory in Bulgaria near Plovdiv, investing 50 million leva (approximately $30 million) and creating 900 jobs. The plant produces electronic ballasts, drivers and LED modules.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-10-19
- Where: near Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Value: $30.0M (50.0M BGN)
- Jobs: 900
- Status: completed
- Products: electronic ballasts, drivers, LED modules
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [OSRAM](https://endata.com/companies/16573.md)

## Sources

- [mi.government.bg](https://www.mi.government.bg/news/zam-ministar-aleksandar-manolev-predstoyat-da-startirat-investitsionni-proekti-za-800-mln-lv/), 2017-10-19: "Инвестицията на немската компания е за 50 млн. лева, и с нея се създават 900 работни места."

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