We want to set up a new company in the engineering , machine building.

Hi there,

It will be a good idea to clarify which of the following three options is your present interest:

1. Setting up a company in Bulgaria;

2. Hiring workers

3. Hiring machine engineers for designing and production of stone cutting equipment.

The first one is the easy part. The second point depends on the salary and the area. The last one is more tricky.

As for suggestions for the area - this very much depends on what are you going to do. In case you're planning to produce stone cutting equipment and machinery, then better focus on some of the bigger cities or places with developed machine building industry - e.g. Plovdiv, Kazanlak, Stara Zagora, Varna, Rousse, Haskovo, etc.

In case you intend to produce sth. from stone then you have to combine at least 3 important factors:

1. Availability of the raw materials/stone - e.g. Strandzha area, Rhodopi area, etc.
2. Availability of workers
3. Good transport links - e.g. railway stations, good roads, water transport.

Any suggestions not based on the minimum information from the abovelisted will be pretty close to irrelevant or just a lucky coincidence.

And yes, it is not easy.