Higher salaries and modernization of LB Bulgarikum-Agro Plovdiv are coming – 2024-09-03 13:40:37

As long as I am the manager, only Bulgarian milk will be used as a raw material, promised the director Zhivko Zhivkov

“LB Bulgaricum” has developed and approved a business program for the period 2024-2026. The strategic goal is modernization, improvement of conditions, raising wages and more opportunities for production realization. The modernization of the production base in Vidin also begins this month“. This was stated by the Minister of Economy and Industry Petko Nikolov, who was in Vidin today, BTA reported.

Asphalting of the yard, repair of the receiving ramp, waterproofing of the roof of the administrative building, replacement of the central water supply, laying of new power cables from the substation to the main distribution boards, as well as the installation of a generator, construction of a water purification and disinfection station with buffer tank to its own water source, Nikolov listed, adding other upgrades, including the construction of a photovoltaic system for the production of electrical energy. “Our commitment to “LB Bulgaricum” is professional and comprehensive”emphasized Minister Nikolov.

The executive director of the company, Zhivko Zhivkov, stated that the company has its own funds, and the intention is to realize part of the investments by applying for the various operational programs of the European Union. “Monthly costs for water, electricity and diesel fuel are huge. As good leaders and managers, we are obliged to reduce themadded Zhivkov. “While I am the manager, only Bulgarian milk will be used as a raw material“, noted the executive director of “LB Bulgaricum”.

“LB Bulgaricum” has the best monthly results for June and July for the last five years, the minister noted. “In May, at a meeting with the management and the unions, we made a commitment to raise wages by 10 percent and we did it. Now we are on the threshold of specifying the way to increase salaries by up to 20 percent, so that the total increase will reach 30 percent, he added.