# Ate Plast opens new 20 million lev packaging plant in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

Bulgarian flexible packaging maker Ate Plast opened a new plant in the Zagore industrial zone in Stara Zagora after a 20 million lev investment. The plant has hired 40 people and is expected to double the company's output volumes.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-09-05
- Where: Stara Zagora, Zagore industrial zone, Bulgaria
- Value: $11.2M (20.0M BGN)
- Jobs: 40
- Status: completed
- Capacity: could double output volumes
- Products: flexible polymer films, flexible packaging, printed and laminated packaging
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Ate Plast](https://endata.com/companies/7599.md)

## Sources

- [money.bg](https://money.bg/business/ate-plast-otkri-nov-zavod-v-stara-zagora-sled-investitsiya-ot-20-miliona-leva.html), 2023-09-05: "Новият завод на компанията в Стара Загора дава възможност за удвояване на обемите на произвежданата досега продукция."
- [enterprise.bg](https://enterprise.bg/econimics-and-business/proizvoditel-na-folia-i-industrialni-opakovki-otvori-nov-zavod-za-20-mln-leva-v-stara-zagora), 2023-09-07: "Инвестицията е за 20 млн. лева."
- [enterprise.bg](https://enterprise.bg/econimics-and-business/starozagorskiyat-proizvoditel-na-opakovki-ate-plast-otkri-noviya-si-zavod-v-grada), 2023-10-05: "Ате Пласт ООД е открил втория си завод в Стара Загора и първият в индустриалната зона Загоре в града."

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