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Bulgaria Was One of Europe's Fastest Growing Apparel Producers Last Year.


DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c59746) has announced the addition of Textiles and Apparel in Bulgaria: Prospects for the Industry Following EU Accession Coming into possession of a right or office; increase; augmentation; addition.

The right to all that one's own property produces, whether that property be movable or immovable; and the right to that which is united to it by accession, either naturally or artificially.
 to their offering.

Bulgaria was one of Europe's fastest growing apparel producers in 2006. However, most of the textile and apparel sector is in need of investment. There are a handful of modern manufacturers, many of whom are owned by foreign companies. But the vast majority of companies are small to medium sized enterprises which are already operating at full capacity. These firms face a number of obstacles to growth, most notably a lack of added value Added value in financial analysis of shares is to be distinguished from value added. Used as a measure of shareholder value, calculated using the formula:

Added Value = Sales - Purchases - Labour Costs - Capital Costs
 and a limited supply of short-term finance. Now that Bulgaria is a member of the EU, the industry faces a number of opportunities for development, spurred by: easier access to the EU, its largest export market; harmonised Adj. 1. harmonised - involving or characterized by harmony
consonant, harmonical, harmonized, harmonic

harmonious - musically pleasing
 legislation with the EU; improved opportunities for training and networking; a fixed exchange rate against the euro; reductions in the grey economy, in working practices and in corruption; better availability of short-term finance for capacity expansion and modernisation of technology; improved attractiveness to potential investors; an increase in the number of jobs; and higher labour productivity. However, the transition into a bona fide [Latin, In good faith.] Honest; genuine; actual; authentic; acting without the intention of defrauding.

A bona fide purchaser is one who purchases property for a valuable consideration that is inducement for entering into a contract and without suspicion of being
 EU member state could result in the closure of manufacturing companies which are unable to afford the investments needed to harmonise standards with the rest of the EU. If these risks are not addressed by the government and manufacturers, the development of the sector could be hampered. Seven examples of successful Bulgarian textile and clothing companies are Ariston S Ariston S is a company for production of ladies' fashion. The two brands of the company: Ariston S and A’S. External links
  • Ariston S home page
, Brod, Mak, Markam, Miroglio Bulgaria, Top Man, and Veni-Style. Ariston S is a women's clothing manufacturer and exporter with two brands in Bulgaria, "A' S" and Ariston S, and one brand in Poland--Bobo Zander zan·der  
n. pl. zander or zan·ders
A common European pikeperch (Stizostedion lucioperca) valued as a food fish.



[German, from Low German Sander
. Brod is one of most technically advanced and highest quality knitwear knit·wear  
n.
Knitted garments.


knitwear
Noun

knitted clothes, such as sweaters

Noun 1.
 companies in Bulgaria. Mak is the only fabric producer in Bulgaria which provides special textile finishes. Markam is a large producer of high quality women's garments in northern Bulgaria. Miroglio Bulgaria, one of the most important producers in south-eastern Europe, is involved in spinning, weaving weaving, the art of forming a fabric by interlacing at right angles two or more sets of yarn or other material. It is one of the most ancient fundamental arts, as indicated by archaeological evidence. , knitting, dyeing, printing and finishing. Top Man specialises in men's tailored garments on a cut-make-and-trim (CMT CMT Certified Medical Transcriptionist.

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) basis for export to Europe. Veni-Style, one of the best known women's clothing brands in Bulgaria, produces apparel for its own label, Etere, and for export.

SUMMARY

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PROFILE

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

Location of textile and clothing companies

Employment

Wages

Grey market economy, illegal trade and unfair business practices

Labour productivity

Health, safety and environmental regulation

Production trends

Industry structure

Retail distribution channels

Investment

Foreign direct investment (FDI FDI

See: Foreign direct investment
)

International trade

Imports

Exports

BULGARIAN TEXTILE AND CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS

Types of textile and clothing companies

Ariston S

Production

Products and markets

Employment

The future

Brod and Co

Products and markets

Production

The future

Mak

Company development

Products and markets

Markam

Products and markets

Miroglio Bulgaria

Company development

Production

Production capacity

Investment

Top Man

Production and markets

Human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees.  

Production facilities

Veni-Style

Company development

Production facilities

The future

OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SECTOR AS A MEMBER OF THE EU

Factors favouring the development of the textile and clothing sector

Geographic position

Reduced hold-ups at customs and lower costs of exports

Harmonised health, safety and environmental regulations

Improved opportunities for training and networking

Fixed exchange rate

Reduction of grey economy and illicit working Illicit work is an illegal employment. The working contract is made without social security costs and without paying income taxes. Illicit work is part of the informal economy or so called "shadow economy".  practices

Improved availability of short-term finance

Improved attractiveness to potential foreign investors

Barriers to the development of the textile and clothing sector

The migration of skilled workers, or a "brain drain brain drain
n.
The loss of skilled intellectual and technical labor through the movement of such labor to more favorable geographic, economic, or professional environments.
"

Clothing prices at a maximum

Reliance on textile imports

Outlook

List of tables

Table 1: Bulgaria: economic indicators Economic indicators

The key statistics of the economy that reveal the direction the economy is heading in; for example, the unemployment rate and the inflation rate.
, 2002-06

Table 2: Bulgaria: political and economic profile, 2006

Table 3: Bulgaria: imports of textiles and textile articles by leading supplier, 2005

Table 4: Bulgaria: textile and clothing exports to the EU by leading EU member state, 2006

Table 5: Bulgaria: leading ten clothing companies, 2005

Table 6: Bulgaria: leading ten textile companies, 2005

Companies Mentioned:

- Ariston S

- Brod and Co

- Mak

- Markam

- Miroglio Bulgaria

- Top Man

- Veni-Style

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c59746.
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