YOUR MOVE Bulgaria: Precision Engineering Sector 2006 InvestBulgaria Agency WHYBulgaria? 1. 75% exports and robust technological innovation capability 2. Industry domains: electronics, automotive parts, military equipment, telecommunication equipment, consumer electronics, plastics, medical equipment 3. Quality management systems applied – ISO 9001:2000, ISO/TS 16949:2002, ISO 14000 4. Highly-qualified and experienced work force currently of around 10,000 people with technical support capability 5. Competitive labor productivity; competitive labor cost LATESTdeals Vendor Investor Target Size (EUR m) Palfinger Produktionstechnik Palfinger (Austria) Construction and equipment of a new production building for sheet-metal working, 10.2 Bulgaria (Cherven Brjag) manufacturing of welded components for the assembly plants, production of crane booms Consilium Components Bulgaria Consilium and Swefund Construction of a plant for automotive and marine components n.d. International (Sweden) Ericsson (Sweden) BTC 40% mobile network equipment supply n.d. Local companies conclude a total of 50-60 commercial deals for armoury and other defense technologies for each two weeks Currently, 26 manufacturers of military products operate in Bulgaria Annual export of special production in 2004: EUR 230 mln; average for 1980’s: EUR 800 mln (Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 50% of Northrop Grumman’s (UK) radar systems are manufactured in Bulgaria Special purpose deals feature Samel 90 (Samokov), special purpose production for: Products: Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine, UK Mobile Police Station For Surveillance And Guarding BAE Systems North America, USA R-33M VHF simplex manpack radio Thales, France HF/VHF radiojammers Device For Information Protection “Infoprotector” 1 PRECISION ENGINEERING Fact Sheet Electronics Small and medium-sized export-oriented Micro- and small-sized innovative enterprises with service functions: innovative enterprises: Established with Bulgarian, German, Servicing or completing activities to the group of the small and medium-sized export-oriented innovative enterprises; Belgium, Dutch and French capital; Investments in this group of enterprises are approximately 10% of the first group; EUR 100 mln investment for the last 2 Generate very high annual earnings: an average of $4,432 per employee, with considerably higher contribution per person to years; the formation of GDP than the average for the country; 100 % of production realized on Western Activities and product range: European, US and Canadian markets; Finishing and accompanying “back-end” services: Substantial innovation activity: electronics for special purposes; annually, more than 130 original electronics for cars; projects of integral schemes and 24 industrial electronics and automation; patents registered abroad (in France, electronics for entertainment purposes and for household appliances; Belgium, USA, etc.); telecommunications, etc. Over 40% of the personnel of design of ASICs, hybrid structures and modules, integral sensors (for own production of integral structures and for partners those companies consists of young from EU and USA); specialists; Basic processing “front-end” activities - production of microelectronic elements: Close interaction with the Bulgarian silicon structures with integral schemes or with integral sensors; educational institutions for developing thin-layer and thick-layer hybrid integral structures and schemes; the talent pool. micromodules, microsystems and silicon micromechanics; framing of integral structures; measurement and diagnostics of integral structures and schemes, of micromodules and microsystems; surface assembly of elements on structures, including “plain” chips; programming of integral structures and schemes; electrical and thermal training and life-tests, and tests for electromagnetic compatibility. Autoparts and mechanical engineering Structure of industrial engineering output, 2004 (EUR mln) Exports of precision engineering, 2003 (EUR mln) Customers of Bulgarian autoparts manufacturers Total: EUR 3.8 bn Total: EUR 904 mln Electronic modules and sensors Valeo and Delphi Auto parts and Optical and Electronic sensors Electricfil vehicles precision Marine equipment eqipment 203 43 Electrical and 49 Hybrid integrated circuits Sauer-Danfoss optical equipment Autoparts 536 40 PCBs Mannesmann Mechanical appliance Industrial control of conveyors Siemens 424 Machinery Plastic parts Rover 872 Electrical Basic metals and fabricated equipment and Hydraulic tooth pumps Magneti Marelli metal products and tools sound systems 2158 348 Cable terminal lugs Tyco Electronics Link bolts, Hoses Ford Source: National Statistics Institute Source: National Statistics Institute Brackets Trelleborg Automotive - Coventry Case studies Melexis (Belguim) Daisy Technology (Bulgaria) Subsidiary of Melexis N.V., Belgium since 2001 Designing, manufacturing and implementation of systems with fiscal R&D – development of Intellectual Property, Household Applications and IR Sensors; tests memory since 1996 of sensor ICs Leader in production of electronic cash registers and taximeters, electronic 166 employees scales, gas- and petrol stations equipment Net sales of Melexis Bulgaria grew from € 2.7 to € 13.5 million for 4 years Daisy Multimedia : design of digital video and digital sound products for companies like Sagem and Texas Instruments Export to Europe, Africa, Asia and the Near East AREXIM Ltd (Bulgaria) AMI Semiconductor (USA) Manufacturing of plastic products and components for the highly demanding fields of Expansion of US AMI Semiconductor through its Belgium HQ via a new electronics, healthcare and food industry, est. 1991 design center in Sofia since July 2004 Products and services: Injection Moulding Workshop (plastic parts for electrical Integrated Mixed-Signal products and Structured Digital products engineering, components for refrigerators); Instrumental Equipment and Mould Workshop developing and supporting (designing and production of moulds and instrumental equipment) 20 analogue, digital, physical and SW engineers in the laboratory Quality management system approved by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance in Analog/Mixed Signal experience available on the engineering market while conformity with the following standards for quality management systems: ISO 9001:2000; very difficult in the other countries EN ISO 9001:2000; BS EN ISO 9001:2000 Clients: Schneider Electric Bulgaria, Liebherr-Hausgeraete, STS Holding Group, FESTO Bulgaria, Vidima Ideal (a subsidiary of American Standard, Kraft Jacobs Suchard and Hunter Douglas Europe – B.V., Holland 2 CERTIFICATION ANDaccreditation Quality management certification regulations applied in the sector: quality management system ISO 9001:2000 (acquired by a total of 1,681 Bulgarian companies); technical standards for suppliers to the automotive industry ISO/TS 16949:2002; environmental management systems ISO 14000. Accreditation body Executive Agency “Bulgarian Accreditation Service” (BAS) is the only national body for accreditation of: www.nab-bas.bg testing laboratories and calibration laboratories; product certification bodies, management systems certification bodies, personnel certification bodies; inspection bodies; verifiers Certifying organizations АFAQ ASCERT International www.afaq.org American Systems Registrar (ASR) www.asrworldwide.com BVQI www.bvqi.com DQS GmbH www.dqshellas.gr Germanischer Lloyd Certification GmbH www.glc.de Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance www.lrqa.com Moody International Ltd www.moody.bg SGS www.sgs.com TUV NORD CERT GmbH & Co.KG n.a. TUV Rheinland Bulgarien GmbH www.tuv-rheinland.bg United Registrar of Systems Ltd. www.urs-bg.com COMPETITION AND partners 5.1. Medical equipment Net sales Number of Company Activity Year (EUR ‘000) employees 1 Momina Krepost (Veliko Tarnovo) Medical devices for single use 3,016 205 2004 2 Etropal (Etropole) Medical devices for single use 2,695 246 2004 3 Berchtold Bulgaria (Sofia) Manufacture of medical electronics, lathed and cut parts for surgical lamps and 1,768 44 2004 tables and autonomous gas installations 4 Art Colenta Bulgaria (Sofia) Medical equipment 1,327 36 2004 5 Medical Equipment (Sofia) Medical, pharmaceutical, dental and physiotherapeutic equipment, hospital 905 298 2004 furniture 6 Centillion (Sofia) Medical equipment 844 31 2004 7 Optela - Optic Technologies (Plovdiv) Industrial CO2 lasers systems and laser optics 508 107 2004 8 Gama Proekt JSC (Gabrovo) Manufactures surgery and reanimation equipment, dental equipment, 358 186 2003 instruments 9 Intergalenika (Plovdiv) Medical devices (Concentrates for hemodialysis) 179 14 2003 10 Optica Laser (Sofia) Manufacture of laser systems for surgery, dentistry and physiotherapy 137 11 2002 3 5.2. Electronics and electrical engineering Net sales Number of Company Activity Year (EUR ‘000) employees 1 Ericsson Telecommunications Telecom equipment 27,255 35 2003 2 Liebherr - Hausgerate Maritsa (Radinovo) Production of refrigerators and freezers 25,911 300 2002 3 Elkabel (Bourgas) Production of power cables 21,927 371 2004 4 Datecs (Sofia) Design and production of hardware and cash registers 20,068 216 2004 5 EPIQ Electronic Assembly (Botevgrad) Electronic assembly, module assembly, development and manufacture of plastic 14,130 991 2001 injection moulds & factory automation equipment 6 Melexis (Sofia) Development, production, testing and sale of integral schemes and systems 13,415 166 2004 7 Electron Progress (Sofia)