Yambol had a thriving industrial past at the beginning of the 20th century, with notable production of woollen blankets, bakeries, and crafts like shoemaking. Several key industries developed in Yambol in the postwar period, including the SHC "Dimitar Dimov" petrochemical plant (1968), the "Sila" agricultural machinery factory (1948), the highly developed food industry like the "Yagoda" canning factory (1976), and the large modern textile factory "Tundzha" (1962-1976). Other important industries that still operate include the "HES" hydraulic equipment company (1968), the oldest winery "Vinprom Yambol" (1924),

1. Industrial past of Yambol

2. Yambol at the beginning
of the 20th century
 Yambol was famous for the production
of woollen blankets, the sweet “khalva”
and numerous crafts, among which
shoemaking and the flour mills were
the first.
Yambol had also a reputation for
making delicious bread and it took
pride in its bakeries. Good
entrepreneurs made special holes in
which ice was stored for the needs of
trade.

3. SHC “Dimitar Dimov”
 Factory Yambolen “JSC” is successor to created in 1968
SHC “Dimitar Dimov”. Today the factory has limited activity
consisting in fixed assets. It is owned by a company
registered in an offshore zone. Here’s how the factory is
described in the past:
 SHC “Dimitar Dimov” is a modern socialistic enterprise in
Yambol. Its construction is organized on the basis of the
petrochemical industry plant – Burgas, where the main
materials for production are synthesized.

4.  "Sila“ Yambol is created in early 1948. As an enterprise of
the engineering industry , specializing in the production of
machinery for agriculture.
The rapid pace of development is imposed in 1962 as
construction of a new , larger production site , which was built
and put into operation foundry .
 Since 1999 . “Sila" Yambol is a private limited company.
In competition with the best manufacturers of agricultural
machinery management and specialists of the company to
current trends in technology and implement innovative
solutions in its products. Thanks to this, the company won
customers in Russia , Iraq , Jordan, Nigeria and Angola. In
recent years , thanks to the implemented internal control
system , the company had new products on the European
market.
“Sila” JSC

5. Canning factory “Yagoda”
 Highly developed in Yambol in 1976 is the
food industry as well. The governmental
business enterprise “Bulgarplod” (former
canning factory “Yagoda”) is one of the most
modern enterprises of canning industry in the
country.

6. Textile factory “Tundzha”
Yambol was formed as one of the main textile centers of the country. Cotton-textile
factory “Tundzha” is one of the largest modern textile enterprises in Bulgaria. From
1966 to 1976 it scored a huge growth. In 1962 it was put into operation 29 640
spindles and spinning workshop was created. The number of camps has been
increasing from 522 to 964 spindles in 1961 – 1965. In the same year the spindles
reached 39,728 units. In 1959 the old textile factory produces industrial production to
4.833 million levs. In 1970 the factory now produces cotton for 27.739 million levs, for
11 years producing tissues more than 5.5 times. The plant in 1976 provides over 3
meters cotton per person in the country.

7. Hydraulic Elements and Systems
“HES” is a private limited company. The company was
founded on 06.17.1968 year with headquarters in
Yambol, emerging from the middle of the century as
the center of power precision engineering.

8. “Vinprom Yambol”
With 90 years of traditions in the
production of wine and rakia “Vinprom
Yambol” is known as the oldest wineries
and factories for rakia in South Bulgaria.
Established in 1924, today “Vinprom
Yambol" combines the traditions of the
past with the technology of the future to
create products that have become the
benchmark for quality, both in Bulgaria and
abroad. Everything starts from the special
attention and efforts on growing daily and
the development of grapes. The company
owns 9,000 acres of vineyards, as a
priority in its investment program
renovation and planting of another 8000
acres.
“Vinprom Yambol” follows the highest national and
European standards to organize all their
processes in the production base in the town of
Yambol. The total capacity for grape processing
reaches over 16 million kgs and - over 18 million
Liters. One of the prides of “Vinprom Yambol" is
the fact that the first muscat rakia distilled in
Bulgaria is in Yambol. And today the company has
retained its place among the masterpieces in its
portfolio.

9. The huge one-store building occupies an area of 25 acres, divided
in 16 sectors and located in the industrial zone of Yambol, in neighborhood with
textile factory to another foreign investor - the Italian company
"Miroglio". "Yazaki" is a leading company in the field of cable
equipment for cars by the world. It has more than 50 factories around the world in which
has over 170, 000 employees. "Yazaki Bulgaria", which so far has invested in the
neighboring city of over 25 million euros is a subsidiary of the Japanese company " Yazaki
Corporation“. The plant in Yambol is exactly the same as plants, the company has in
Ukraine and Romania. It has around 1,800 employees, and by the end of next year the number is
likely to increase to 3,000.
“Yazaki”Ltd.

10. Made By: Veselin Dimitrov,
Denislav Slavov, Dimitar
Hristov, Gerasim Yordanov,
Atanas Zheliazkov