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Pernik Rivals Sofia with Bulgaria's Newest Industrial Zone

Friday, Jun 11, 2010

A day after the Bulgarian government approved a new industrial zone outside the capital Sofia, the closely-located city of Pernik has presented a similar project of its own.

The Pernik Municipality together with the Greek-own company Data Concept Bulgaria have unveiled formally their plan to set up a new industrial zone in the city quarter called Karamanitsa.

The municipality is going to provide 35 hectares for the establishment of the future industrial park, which is supposed to become the spot for greenfield investments in manufacturing and logistics facilities.

The local authorities have already constructed a road to the site but all the other basic infrastructure of the future industrial zone will have to be development from scratch.

According to the Pernik Municipality and Data Concept Bulgaria, the site is really suitable for industrial production and logistics because of its proximity to major road and railway transport routes to Greece, Serbia, and Macedonia, and to the Sofia International Airport.

The city of Pernik is located 30 to the southwest of Sofia, and has a total population of about 80 000 people.

Another major advantage of the new industrial zone there is supposed to become the fact that the properties will be cheaper compared with the ones around the capital Sofia.

The municipality is offering beneficial conditions to the future investors such as simpler ownership procedures and taking caring of all administrative services that the companies are supposed to go through with the central government and the local authorities when investing in the future industrial zone.

Despite its smaller size, the future industrial zone near Pernik may emerge as a serious competitor to the Bozhurishte industrial zone for which on Wednesday the Defense Ministry agreed to grant more than 190 hectares of land.

It remains to be seen whether the proximity of the latter to the capital (the town of Bozhurishte is just 3 km from the administrative border of the Sofia City District) will trump the expected advantages of the future industrial park near Pernik.

Source: novinite.com