# Odelo Farbe Lighting Group breaks ground on €40.6M auto lighting plant in Bulgaria

Odelo Farbe Lighting Group broke ground on a high-tech automotive lighting plant near Kuklen, Bulgaria, with an investment of €40.6 million, expected to create 400 jobs and start production in December 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-06-28
- Where: Kuklen, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria
- Value: $47.5M (40.6M EUR)
- Jobs: 400
- Starts operating: Dec 2020
- Status: under construction
- Products: automotive lighting, Mercedes-Benz lights
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Odelo Farbe Lighting Group](https://endata.com/companies/32819.md)

## Sources

- [smolyan.bgvesti.net](https://smolyan.bgvesti.net/news/454095/stroiat-visokotekhnologichen-zavod-za-avtochasti-krai-kuklen), 2018-06-28: "Новият високотехнологичен завод за светлини на 'Одело Фарба Лайтинг Груп', е не само едно обещаващо начало на 'Тракия икономическа зона', но и сериозен актив за страната ни."

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