# WITTE Automotive to build third plant in Ruse, Bulgaria

WITTE Automotive Bulgaria will invest 25 million euros to build a third plant in Ruse, adding 23,000 sqm of space and 300 jobs. The expansion will double production capacity to 400 million euros in annual sales, with completion expected in mid-2024.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-01-13
- Where: Ruse, Bulgaria
- Value: $27.0M (25.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 300
- Starts operating: Jul 2024
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 400 million euros annual sales
- Products: automotive locking components, electronic and mechanical parts
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [WITTE Automotive](https://endata.com/companies/67030.md)
- [WITTE Automotive Bulgaria](https://endata.com/companies/67858.md)

## Sources

- [capital.bg](https://www.capital.bg/biznes/promishlenost/2023/01/13/4437039_germanskata_vitte_automotiv_shte_udvoi_proizvodstvoto/), 2023-01-13: "Двойно повече продукция ще може да излиза от завода за заключващи компоненти на германската "ВИТТЕ аутомотив България" в Русе след година и половина."
- [capital.bg](https://www.capital.bg/en/business/2023/02/21/4451778_witte_automotive_bulgaria_to_double_production_in_ruse/), 2023-02-21: "The company will invest 25 million euro in a new factory, which will open in the middle of 2024."

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