About 300 000 letters and 7000 parcels could be processed in the newest mail sorting and exchange centre of the state-owned Bulgarian Posts.
Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev and Transport and Communications Minister Petar Moutafchiev cut the ribbon on October 9 for the facility, the Government’s press office said.

The state-of-the-art mail distribution centre was built on 4000 sq m. It will handle up to 300 000 letters and 7000 parcels per day, as well as newspapers and magazines.

A scanner that catches specific substances, like narcotics, weapons and other illegal stuff had been added to the rest of the equipment.

The project was worth about 30 million leva. The design, technical equipment, software and staff training were provided by Siemens, with Glavbolgarstroy serving as subcontractor for the construction of the centre.

PostEurop secretary general Ingemar Persson said that Bulgarian Posts had registered considerable progress in terms of quality, financial resources and servicing for the past several years. He said that the new facility was up to the highest standards and modern requirements in the field.
PostEurop is the association of 43 European public postal operators. It was established in 1993 to optimise postal operations and postal services in Europe, and foster greater co-operation among its members. It is working towards representing the entire European postal industry. PostEurop is also an officially recognised Restricted Union of the Universal Postal Union.

Bulgarian Posts have the ambition to carry out logistic activity in the whole Balkan region. The fact that Sofia is located at a distance of about 400 km from the other Balkan capitals, Belgrade, Bucharest and Tirana, and about 500 km off Istanbul offers a strategic advantage, Bulgarian Posts executive director Entsislav Harmandjiev, was quoted by Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) as saying .