Odelo's New Bulgarian Operation Starts Production .

Odelo have started manufacturing headlamps for Mercedes vehicles near Plovdiv—the second-largest city in Bulgaria, after Sofia.. A year on from the construction of the 23,000-m2 Plovdiv plant, Turkish-based Odelo are producing rear lights. Now they’re working on projects transferred from the Group’s plants in Slovenia, and next year will start production directly for Mercedes-Benz and…

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