{"id":11357,"date":"2018-04-06T02:29:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T23:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=11357"},"modified":"2018-11-02T14:54:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T12:54:13","slug":"melexis-to-invest-e75m-to-expand-its-operations-in-bulgaria-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/melexis-to-invest-e75m-to-expand-its-operations-in-bulgaria-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Melexis to Invest \u20ac75M to Expand Its Operations in Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\"><h4><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11050 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melexis-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melexis-1.png 600w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melexis-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melexis-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melexis-1-146x146.png 146w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melexis-1-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melexis-1-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melexis-1-85x85.png 85w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melexis-1-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/>Industry<\/strong>: Global supplier of micro-electronic semiconductor solutions\u00a0in the automotive sector<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>In\u00a0Sofia since<\/strong>: 2000<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Employees<\/strong>: 425 \/aiming to grow to 735\u00a0by 2022\/<\/h4>\n<h4>Investment: 75\u00a0million euros<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10807\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10807\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10807\" src=\"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melexis-Manufacturing-Sofia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melexis-Manufacturing-Sofia.jpg 340w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melexis-Manufacturing-Sofia-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melexis-Manufacturing-Sofia-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melexis-Manufacturing-Sofia-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Melexis-Manufacturing-Sofia-134x75.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Melexis.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Belgium-based electronic components producer Melexis plans to double its production capacity in Sofia, where the largest manufacturing facility of the company is currently located. Over the next five years, <strong>Melexis will invest 75 million euro to significantly extend its R&amp;D activities<\/strong>, as well as its warehousing facilities, adding additional 15.000 sqm to its existing 7.500 sqm facilities in Sofia. Melexis\u2019 Sofia-based workforce is expected to reach nearly 575 employees by the end of 2018, and the total will grow by another 160 people till 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The investment in Sofia is part of the expansion of Melexis in strategic European locations <strong>to help the company meet growth plans in logistics, manufacturing and R&amp;D activities that will bring additional capacity to meet the growing demand<\/strong> for the services and solutions that the company designs, manufactures and renders in the automotive microelectronic sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve managed to reach an important milestone in our project, reaffirming the intentions we have been pursuing together over the last 3 years. We have faced difficult moments that we managed to successfully overcome, thanks to the support we received from you. Thank you for this!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, says Sylvain Collot, Manager of Melexis Bulgaria, in his letter to Sofia Municipality and Sofia Investment Agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11345 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Success-Stories-Contact-Us-Sofia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Success-Stories-Contact-Us-Sofia.png 960w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Success-Stories-Contact-Us-Sofia-300x41.png 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Success-Stories-Contact-Us-Sofia-768x104.png 768w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Success-Stories-Contact-Us-Sofia-600x81.png 600w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Success-Stories-Contact-Us-Sofia-260x35.png 260w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Success-Stories-Contact-Us-Sofia-50x7.png 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Success-Stories-Contact-Us-Sofia-150x20.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industry: Global supplier of micro-electronic semiconductor solutions\u00a0in the automotive sector In\u00a0Sofia since: 2000 Employees: 425 \/aiming to grow to 735\u00a0by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":10808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[179],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - 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