Fiat's Iveco division has inaugurated its new premises in Bulgaria, the new Cefin Service Center in Sofia. The ceremony, which took place earlier this month, saw the presence of Iveco Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing Stefano Sterpone, Iveco General Manager East Europe, Natale Rigano, Cefin Group chairman Gerolamo Orecchia, and a number of important local authorities, like Dante Brandi, Director of the Trade and Economic Office of the Italian Embassy in Bulgaria.

Cefin Bulgaria has invested about  4.5 million euros in the building and equipping of this new centre for commercial vehicles that stands on 23,000 sqm, and it is distributed over three main areas: the commercial and administrative offices, the after sales offices and warehouses and the service workshop area.

During the inauguration, Stefano Sterpone Iveco Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing stated that: “These new premises are of the highest level, and equipped with cutting-edge services."
 

"They demonstrate once again that Iveco is looking with increasing interest and confidence to the countries of Eastern Europe, confident of their constant, lasting economic growth”, Sterpone added. Meanwhile, Natale Rigano, General Manager East Europe, reiterated: “our partnership with the Cefin group shows that if we work together it is possible to attain important successes. This helps us to consolidate our position in the market”.

he new Cefin Service Center was built using advanced materials and technologies, just like the other Cefin centres in Romania and Hungary. For these reasons, in February, the Cefin Service Center won first prize in the Bulgarian competition The Architecture of the New Millenium” in Bulgaria, category Industrial buildings.