Editing Plovdiv (section)

===Industry===
Industry has been the sole leader in attracting investment. Industry has been expanding since the late 1990s, with manufacturing plants being built in the city or in its outskirts mainly the municipality of Maritsa. In this period, some €500,000,000 has been invested in the construction of new factories. [[Trakia Economic Zone]] which is one of the largest industrial zones in Eastern Europe, is located around Plovdiv. Some of the biggest companies in the region include the Austrian utility company [[EVN Group|EVN]], PIMK  (transport), Insa Oil (fuels), [[Liebherr]] (refrigerator plant), [[Magna International]] (automotive industry), Bella Bulgaria (food manufacturing), Socotab (tobacco processing), [[ABB Group]], [[Schneider Electric]], [[Osram]], Sensata Technologies, etc.