25.01.2021

DID YOU KNOW THAT…

A Bulgarian company holds over half of the world market for artificial climbing walls. Moreover, unlike other Bulgarian export products, these walls maintain prices significantly above the world average.

Bulgarian company is a world leader in the production of nano communication satellites. These are small satellites - usually 100x100x100 mm, light, high-tech and with patented data transfer systems. They are produced on a modular basis and are therefore cheap. Being small and light makes them cheap to launch. The end result is that satellite communications can be up to 100 times cheaper! The company is also developing an innovative sales model - online. Satellites are sold as t-shirts and cameras are sold!

Bulgaria is a leading exporter in the world of temporarily canned cherries. These are cherries that are placed in cans of sweetened alcohol immediately after picking them. The sealed cans go mainly to Italy, where they are cut for the needs of the confectionery industry, for catering and restaurants, and for retail sale in stores. It is very likely that the cherries that you bought to decorate a cake or pastry were picked in Bulgaria, regardless of the inscription on the label.

The case with fattened duck liver is similar - Bulgaria shares 2-3 place as an exporter in the world together with Hungary. Guess what: both countries supply almost all of their products to France, which processes the liver, cuts it and sells it. Yes, France is the largest consumer of duck and goose liver in the world, but also the largest exporter ... of liver from animals raised in Bulgaria and Hungary.

A unique niche is occupied by a small company producing amateur radio equipment. Although radio amateurs are an endangered species, they still exist. All over the world. So, the company exports to all countries, incl. China, India and Guinea.

A Bulgarian company is the only producer in the world of a variety of aluminum oxychloride through a unique technology based on the dissolution of metallic aluminum in hydrochloric acid under conditions of internal electrolysis. The result is a reagent for the removal of colloidal particles, bacteria, plankton, humic compounds, petroleum products and other organic and inorganic substances from industrial and domestic waters. There are no traces of aluminum or any of the reagent components in the water thus purified.

Our start-up has also developed a patent technology for remote monitoring of the health of bees in the hive by the buzzing of the swarm! Any deviation in the health of the bees or the optimal processes is registered, analyzed by artificial intelligence and transmitted online to the owner. The owner receives not only information about each problem, but also suggestions for solutions. The company received funding under Horizon 2020, the European Innovation Research Program, to commercialize its invention.

The production of some companies in the automotive industry is far more trivial. For example, it is almost unbelievable that the airbags of your car are activated by non-Bulgarian sensors. Or the brake hoses are manufactured elsewhere. The share of European cars with Bulgarian air conditioners, seats, wiring, windows, sensors, software, etc. is large. If a car has 10-12 thousand components on average, in Bulgaria are produced nearly half. The new trend is electric cars and Bulgarian companies are trying not to lag behind; rather, the construction of charging infrastructure is lagging behind due to cumbersome administration and regulations.

Some remember a "bad" Czech artist who made a reference between Bulgaria and a toilet squat. Well, the man turned out to be a prophet - Bulgaria is already the third largest producer of toilet lids in the world, and is number one on the Czech market!

Start-up has developed a unique tool for providing information and assessing the value of real estate. So far, it is applicable only for a few of the big Bulgarian cities, but the interest from outside is great and this may be the next market hit. After entering data about the property - address, construction, condition, the software tells you how much it costs to sell or rent, what transport communication is available by type of public transport, proximity to a supermarket, kindergarten, schools with their rating, medical care, banks , park, restaurants, how difficult it is to park, clean air, demographic data by age and education, criminal situation by types of crimes, electoral attitudes, etc.

Grandma's teeth (in Latin Tribulus terrestris) is a herbaceous annual plant. Improves health, heart and blood sugar, has a general strengthening and immune-boosting effect. It is found in many places in the Northern Hemisphere, but plants from sandy and stony soils in southern Bulgaria are especially valued. The difference is so great that in some countries such as the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the extracts from Bulgaria are labeled "Babin Zab" in Cyrillic and are much more expensive than those originating from other regions.

Last but not least, 70% of the dispensers for branded spirits in Europe are produced in Bulgaria.