According to Eurostat, industrial production in Bulgaria increased by 1.8% on a monthly basis in May 2018. By comparison, the average monthly growth rate for the EU was 1.2%. Bulgaria’s result is better than the results of a number countries with a typically positive trend in manufacturing, including the Netherlands (1.6%), Spain (1%), Norway (0.9%), Finland (0.9%), Italy 0.7%), Slovenia (0.7%), Greece (0.4%) and the United Kingdom (0.4%). At the same time, several countries reported a drop in production – Denmark (-2.8%), Portugal (-2%), Estonia (-0.4%), Romania (-0.4%), France %), Latvia (-0.2%) and Luxembourg (-0.1%).In the light of the above, it is worth mentioning that for the first time in Bulgaria the electric trucks will be assembled. A Chinese company with its partners from Luxembourg and Bulgaria started assembling mini electric trucks near Plovdiv. In the next 3 years, the company plans to invest about 10 million euro in the venture and to employ about 150 people in the new plant. The good education of the employees is pointed out as one of the main reasons for the company to make its investment in Bulgaria.