Bachkovo Plant

Discover the “Bachkovo” water bottling plant

The Bachkovo spring water bottling plant among the forests of the Rhodope Mountains, on the bank of the Chepelarska River

The bottling plant of spring water “Bachkovo” is situated in the picturesque area of the Western Rhodopes nearby the village of Bachkovo and 1.5 km away from the Bachkovo Monastery, dating from 1083. Natural spring Bachkovo together with the bottling plant are situated on the bank of the Chepelarska River, which forms an amazing, marvellous canyon here. Starting from the east end of the plant is the biosphere reserve the “Red Wall”, named after the highest cliff of the Rhodopes.

The essential importance of the wealth of plant and animal species in the reserve, as well as the spectacular rock phenomena, contribute to the fact that the reserve has been on the UNESCO heritage list since 1977.

Location

Map of Bulgaria: Bachkovo and the routes to Vidin, Ruse, Varna, Kapitan Andreevo, Kulata, Gyueshevo and Kalotina
Location of the plant and the main delivery routes (map labels in Bulgarian).
Distances from Bachkovo: Vidin 400 km, Ruse 321 km, Varna 372 km, Kapitan Andreevo 150 km, Kulata 244 km, Gyueshevo 277 km, Kalotina 230 km
Distances from the plant to the main cities and border crossings.

Technologies and capacity

The bottling plant of spring water “Bachkovo” meets all the trends and choices of the consumers for healthy life achieved by drinking bottled water, which is appropriate for daily use.

The production capacity is 70 000 bottles per hour. The production process is continuous and automated with continuous laboratory monitoring provided by internal and authorized external laboratories. For the first time there is automatic equipment for bottling packaging with capacities starting from 0.5 l up to 10 l. The equipment is supplied by the leading Italian bottling line manufacturer Sacmi.

Bottled just next to the spring, the water “Bachkovo” remains untouched by human hand through the entire production process and thus you are able to enjoy its natural and refreshing taste always and anywhere.

The air purity within the bottling equipment is ISO 5 according to ISO 14644-1.