PJSC “Ukrstal Construction” (Kiev) is interested in becoming a participant of infrastructure projects in Bulgaria, the company’s management said during a working meeting with the Deputy Minister of Economy and Industry of the Republic of Bulgaria Doncho Barbalov within the framework of a visit to this country as part of the Ukrainian business delegation.
According to the press release, Barbalov emphasized that Ukraine is an important economic partner of Bulgaria and that the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy and Industry attaches great importance to the development of bilateral economic relations, seeking to expand them.
The participants of the meeting discussed the prospects of investment cooperation, industrial clusters and industrial zones in Bulgaria, paid attention to practical aspects of cooperation within the framework of the North-South transport corridor and the possibility of municipal investment programs. At the same time, representatives of Ukrstal demonstrated to the Bulgarian management and representatives of Bulgarian business its production capacities and its own realized projects in metallurgical, energy, oil and gas industries, infrastructure and commercial construction, construction of logistics hubs, told about the achievements and the possibility of further expansion of its own industrial parks on the basis of our plants.
“The leaders of ”Ukrstal Construction“ expressed great interest and willingness to become reliable and experienced partners of construction, energy, industrial and logistics companies in Bulgaria in the creation of transport and logistics corridors, the implementation of infrastructure facilities – bridges, terminals, airports, modernization of energy, the introduction of innovative technologies, in commercial construction,” – stated in a press release.
The Deputy Minister of Economy expressed hope that as a result of the delegation’s visit to Bulgaria concrete projects will be realized, and the Ministry of Economy and Industry will remain available to provide assistance within its competences.
As part of the program of visits on November 12-18, working meetings of the company’s management were also held in the National Assembly (Parliament) of the Republic of Bulgaria, in the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Ministry of Energy, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with the municipality and the management of the Port of Burgas.
Investment opportunities, state incentives and presentation of Ukrainian initiatives, creation of industrial parks and hubs were the main topics of meetings with the Agency for Management of Industrial Zones in Bulgaria and with the Bulgarian Investment Agency, the press release said.
PJSC “Ukrstal Construction” (Kiev) is the managing company of a group of plants, including metal construction plants “Ukrstal Dnipro”, “Ukrstal Zhytomyr”, “Ukrstal Zaporizhzhya” and experimental-mechanical plant “Metalist”. The main type of economic activity is production of building metal structures and parts of structures.
According to NDU data for the third quarter of 2025, JSC “Closed non-diversified venture corporate investment fund ‘Rift’ owns 99.6116% of shares of PJSC ”Ukrstal Construction”. The ultimate beneficiary (controller) of the fund is listed as Vitaliy Haiduk.