Holland-Meat company expands into Eastern Europe.

Impala Invest B.V. is seeking to buy the shares of Bella Bulgaria and is in the final stages of negotiations following approval by the Commission for Protection of Competition.

Part of the deal will be assurances over the retention of the production facilities and the management of the Bulgarian company.

Bella Bulgaria said that the business goals and the expansion of the company’s market position would also have to be established.

Bella Bulgaria said that Impala’s interest showed how the management of the company was valued and also how the company had developed so far.

As one of the fastest developing companies in the country and a leading representative of the Bulgarian food and drink industry, Bella Bulgaria plays an important role in the development of the sector and will continue to contribute to the enhancement of its competitiveness.

Bella Bulgaria is a leading manufacturer of pastry and meat products and vegetable oil products. The company is a leader in the area of salami and sausages, filo pastry, puff pastry and margarines.

All the production plants are certified under the ISO 9001:2000 standard, and the company was the first representative of the country’s meat processing sector to be certified under the IFS standard in 2005.