About
Thirty years of iron casting in Vidin
LIT-15 continues the production started by LIT Ltd — a company registered in 1993 that began manufacturing in 1994. The business has been family-owned since it was founded.
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Continuity, not a standing start
Production began in 1994 in a small foundry workshop — hand moulding, metal melted in a cupola furnace, castings for water supply and sewerage networks.
Following reconstruction in 2000, a foundry plant was built in the West Industrial Zone of Vidin, with foundry, machine and cleaning shops, an administrative building and warehouses. Production has developed on that same site ever since — an automatic moulding line, automated sand preparation and induction melting.
The most recent major investment was made in 2022. That is also the shortest description of the company today: a working foundry that has been invested in consistently for three decades.
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Investment history
The dates below record what was built and commissioned at the plant.
- 1993
LIT Ltd registered
The company is registered with 100% private ownership.
- 1994
Production begins
Manufacturing starts in a small foundry workshop with hand moulding and metal melted in a cupola furnace. The first castings are for water supply and sewerage networks.
- 2000
The plant in the West Industrial Zone is built
After reconstruction and modernisation, a foundry enterprise is built with foundry, machine and cleaning shops, an administrative building and warehouses. Squeeze-press moulding machines and AEG induction furnaces are installed.
- 2003–2004
Automatic moulding line
An automatic moulding line of 650 × 550 × 200/200 mm is built. Machine production of cores begins on ROPERWERK machines using the Croning process, with hot box and cold box technologies available.
- 2010–2011
Automated sand preparation
An automated sand preparation system is built — cooling, aeration, sieving, weight dosing and mixing. A high-frequency melting furnace is installed.
- 2019
Automatic moulding machine
An automatic moulding machine with dedicated control software is purchased and commissioned. A new-generation device for express spectral analysis of liquid metal is acquired.
- 2022
Three-wing conveyor line
A conveyor line with three wings and automatic loading of moulded boxes is built for the automatic moulding machine. Manipulator control software is implemented.
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The site
Our own industrial site in the West Industrial Zone of Vidin, with established infrastructure.
Infrastructure
- Urbanised land
- 15 000 m²
- Built-up area
- 6 000 m²
- Open terrain
- 9 000 m²
- Power supply
- 20 kV
- Transformer station
- 3 × 1000 kVA
The site has its own water supply from bore wells, sewerage, street lighting, and asphalt and concrete internal roads.
- Foundry workshop1 228 m²
- Sawing and cleaning workshop889 m²
- Raw materials warehouse536 m²
- Mechanical workshop447 m²
- Finished products warehouse305 m²
- Administrative building225 m²
- Security and laboratory building106 m²
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Location
Vidin is in north-western Bulgaria, on the Danube, at the Romanian border and close to the Serbian border.
- to European route E79
- 50 m
- to the Romanian border and Danube Bridge 2
- 7 km
- to the Serbian border
- 50 km
- to Craiova airport, Romania
- 100 km
- to Sofia airport
- 200 km
Markets
The main markets are within the European Union, together with neighbouring countries outside it. 60% of production is exported to the EU.
- Bulgaria
- Austria
- Italy
- Germany
- North Macedonia
- Serbia
Send a drawing and you will get a straight answer
Tell us the part, the material and the quantity. If you have design documentation, attach it — the answer will be that much more specific.
- Telephone
- +359 94 600 716
- lit_ltd@mail.bg