# Latecoere opens €15M plant near Plovdiv, Bulgaria for Airbus parts

Latecoere opened a plant near Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with an investment of €15 million. The first phase of 5,000 sq m is complete, assembling electrical cabinets for Airbus A350 and A380 models, with a second phase of 4,000 sq m planned for door parts.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-01-30
- Where: near Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Value: $16.5M (15.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 30 Jan 2020
- Status: completed
- Products: electrical cabinets for Airbus, door parts for Airbus
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Latecoere](https://endata.com/companies/17396.md)
- [Airbus](https://endata.com/companies/1653.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [tez.bg](https://tez.bg/the-plant-for-e-15-million-will-make-segments-for-airbus-around-plovdiv/), 2020-01-30: "The second phase of the project should be completed in 2019, as today we have the capacity to produce these aircraft cabinets but we would like to develop other products in Bulgaria."

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