# PPS Manufacturing opens nitrile glove factory in Plovdiv, Bulgaria

PPS Manufacturing opened a factory in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the first of its kind in the EU, producing 800,000 nitrile gloves per day for healthcare, industry and household needs, with BGN 13 million invested and over 100 jobs expected in the first year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-07-21
- Where: Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Value: $7.00M (13.0M BGN)
- Jobs: 100
- Starts operating: 28 Jul 2022
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 800,000 nitrile gloves per day
- Products: nitrile gloves
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [PPS Manufacturing](https://endata.com/companies/64285.md)

## Sources

- [novinite.com](https://www.novinite.com/articles/216002/A+Factory+for+Nitrile+Gloves+was+Opened+in+Plovdiv%2C+First+of+its+Kind+in+the+EU), 2022-07-21: "800 thousand nitrile gloves per day for healthcare, industry and household needs will be produced by the Plovdiv factory, which was officially opened today."

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