Ciments Français entered the Bulgarian market in 1998 through the acquisition of Devnya Cement, a company with a production facility and annual capacity of approximately 2 Mt, which is situated near Varna, the largest port in the country.
A second acquisition was completed at the beginning of 1999, when the Group acquired control of Vulkan Cement, a company with a production plant located near Dimitrovgrad, in the south east of Bulgaria.
Ciments Français presented to the authorities a new investment plan for the revamping of the Devnya Cement plants, which is expected to start operation by the end 2011 (max beginning 2012). With more than 250 million euros committed, the project represents one of the largest private-sector investments in Bulgaria for the past 20 years. The project, which entails replacing the wet-process kilns with a dry-process production line, will improve environmental, industrial and safety performance. The new plant will have a yearly production capacity of 2.7 Mt.
Ciments Français is one of the largest cement producers in Bulgaria with 388 company employees and 2011 revenues amounting of 51.4 million euros.


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