Industrial region Thracia

Trakia Economic Zone

Sensata Technologies factory in Maritsa Industrial Zone
Type	public-private partnership
Industry	manufacturing, commerce
Number of employees	12,000
Website	tez.bg

Trakia Economic Zone (TEZ) in Plovdiv is an industrial and commercial area and one of the biggest economic projects in Bulgaria. It includes six major industrial zones in the region of Plovdiv with a total area of 10,700,000 sq.m. of which 3,250,000 sq.m occupied area. More than 140 Bulgarian and multinational companies operate in TEZ which employ over 12,000 people (as of 2015). Since 1995, TEZ has attracted over EUR 1.1 billion of fixed-capital investments.

Trakia Economic Zone consists of six separate zones.

 USA: Socotab, Sensata Technologis
 Germany: Osram, Liebherr Group, DB Schenker, Intrama, Ferrero Bulgaria, Winterhalter
 France: Schneider Electric,
 Holland: Royal Dutch Shell,
 Japan: SMC,
 Norway: Viking
 Greece: Jumbo S.A.