# Odelo Farba Bulgaria opens headlight plant for Mercedes near Plovdiv

Turkish company Odelo Farba Bulgaria opened a headlight manufacturing plant in the Kapsida industrial zone in Kuklen, near Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The investment is €40.6 million, phased over three plants by 2023, with total employment of 400 people. The first plant covers 23,000 sqm on a 92,000 sqm plot.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-10-22
- Where: Kuklen, near Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Value: $45.0M (40.6M EUR)
- Jobs: 400
- Starts operating: 22 Oct 2019
- Status: completed
- Products: headlights for Mercedes
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Odelo Farba Bulgaria](https://endata.com/companies/32923.md)

## Sources

- [smolyan.bgvesti.net](https://smolyan.bgvesti.net/news/480429/boiko-borisov-otkri-zavoda-za-farove-na-mercedes-krai-plovdiv), 2019-10-22: "Премиерът Бойко Борисов открива днес завода за фарове на "Мерцедес" край Пловдив."

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