The President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Tsvetan Simeonov took part in the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Association of Dairy Processors in Bulgaria. During the ceremony, BCCI was awarded with an honorary “Goddess of Milk” statuette for its active cooperation and contribution to solving pressing problems in the dairy sector.
On his turn, Mr. Tsvetan Simeonov presented on behalf of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, an honorary diploma to the President of the Association of Dairy Processors, eng. Dimitar Zorov for the contribution of the Association to the development of the dairy processing sector in Bulgaria by introducing new technologies and for the fruitful cooperation in the Council of Sectorial Organisations with the BCCI.
The Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Traycho Traykov and the Agricultural Attaché of the USA in Bulgaria, Hoa Huynh were among the official guests at the ceremony.
The Association of Dairy Processors in Bulgaria was established on 12 March 1991 with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Supply as a Milkmen Union in Bulgaria. The dairy processing enterprises and several farms producing cow's milk participated in its formation. Later on “Maritza Milk" Association, which is an association of private dairy farms from the Plovdiv region, joined the Union, which was then registered as the Association of Dairy Processors in Bulgaria.
LIST OF THE GUESTS AWARDED WITH “GODDESS OF MILK” STATUETTE, author Raynis Gelov, and a DIPLOMA, FOR THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF DAIRY PROCESSORS IN BULGARIA.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food – Tsvetan Dimitrov
Minister of Economy – Traycho Traykov
President of the Association of Dairy Processors – Dimitar Zorov
President of the Bulgarian Industrial Association – Sasho Donchev
President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Tsvetan Simeonov
U.S. Federal Agency for Agriculture – Hall Whin
President of the Cyprus Cattle Breeders Organization – Savas
Founders – Ivan Savov, Dimitar Lesnicharov
First President of the Association of Dairy Processors – Sen. Res. Ph. D. Eng. Todor Minkov
Following President of the Association of Dairy Processors – Dimitar Karamfilov (posthumously)
Following President of the Association of Dairy Processors – Georgi Georgiev
Executive Director of the Association of Dairy Processors for 20 years – Mihail Velkov
Member-correspondent Prof. Eng. Maria Baltadzhieva
Sen. Res. Ph. D. Maria Stefanova
Sen. Res. Ivan Georgiev
Bulgarian National Television – “Brazdi” programme
BTV – for covering the activities of the dairy cattle breeders and the Association of Dairy Processors
“Mlyako+” Newspaper – for its 30th issue
Foundation in memory of the journalist Rumyana Penkova