# Odelo to invest €40M in headlight factory in Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Odelo, a Mercedes supplier, confirmed it will invest €40 million to open its first factory in Bulgaria, located in the Kuklen Industrial Zone near Plovdiv, with batch production expected to start by the end of 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-05-15
- Where: Kuklen Industrial Zone, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Value: $44.8M (40.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: under construction
- Products: headlights for Mercedes
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Odelo](https://endata.com/companies/37771.md)

## Sources

- [tez.bg](https://tez.bg/odelo-picks-plovdiv-as-the-place-to-invest-40-million-euro-in-a-factory-for-mercedes-head-lights/), 2019-05-15: "A key supplier for Mercedes confirmed it was about to open its first factory in Bulgaria."

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