Jet engine production moving to Bulgaria?

Pratt&Whitney, the company behind the manufacturing, has been operating in Poland for around 30 years and as of 2002 it invested over USD220million in its air industry plant WSK PZL in Rzeszów, creating 6700 jobs. After the Pratt&Whitney plant in Connecticut, USA, the Rzeszów factory is the only producer of F-16 engines in the world and the Bulgarian's claim that its capacity cannot meet demand, as increasing numbers of F-16's are sold to new countries. WSK PZL claims they deliver engines on time and refuses to comment. The Headquarters of Pratt&Whitney were unavailable for comment as Puls Biznesu went to print. The plot thickens however as last week the Bulgarian Minister of Defense Simeon Nikołow met with Dante Capurro, the CEO of Pratt&Whitney, and this September representatives of the American concern are to visit Bulgaria to choose the best location for the new factory. (Puls Biznesu, p.10) J.L.