On 9 January 2025, the Consul General of Bulgaria in Munich, Stefan Ionkov, held a working meeting with Dr. Wilhelm Steger, member of the Supervisory Board of the global corporation ZKW Group GmbH and former CEO of the company. Mr. Eberhard Büttner, Managing Director of the Bavarian consulting company IBG Management Consulting GmbH, also took part in the meeting.
ZKW Group GmbH officially announced its decision to invest in Bulgaria to the Consul General in Munich. The plan is to set up a shared services centre in Sofia for the areas of information technology, digitisation, accounting, marketing, purchasing and sales as well as other corporate functions. When fully operational, the project will create almost 100 new jobs.
The announced investment decision comes after almost a year of work between the Consulate General in Munich and the Bavarian consulting firm together with ZKW Group. Bulgaria was preferred for the project in competition with 6 other possible locations in Eastern Europe.
Bulgaria was chosen because of the excellent comprehensive offer, combining qualified personnel in the field of IT and digitalization, Bulgaria’s experience in the field of shared service centres, optimal economic conditions.
During the meeting, the Consul General of Bulgaria, Stefan Ionkov expressed his satisfaction with the achieved result and expressed confidence in the success of the investment. The Consul General expressed his conviction that in parallel with the development of the new project, the company will continue in the future to explore Bulgaria as an attractive high-tech manufacturing destination, for which the Consulate General in Munich will provide further full assistance and support.
