The forklift truck building is a traditional branch for Bulgarian industry. The enterprises in this sphere are mainly concentrated in Plovdiv and the region. In the 70 and 80-es of the last century, a strong infrastructure was built up here for satisfying the needs of the forklift truck industry and it still exists and works up till now.
The company “V&R” Ltd. was established in 1991 by Zhelyasko Vichev and Nikola Rusinov. In the beginning, the activity of the company included repair works and service of lifting equipment. “V&R” Ltd. drew in ones of the leading Bulgarian specialists from the former largest truck building enterprise “Record” - Plovdiv, which was a part of the “Balkancar” system.
In 1998 we started designing and manufacture of own models engine-driven trucks under the trade mark V&R. In 2000 the company began to develop of own design electric forklift trucks and electric platforms. The design of our machines is a result of the cooperation with the studio for industrial and automobile design ,,WESFOT”-Sofia. The design is elegant and corresponding to the operational features of the equipment.
In 2001, our electric platforms, series VR-EP, were awarded a gold medal at the 57-th International Technical Fair in Plovdiv. The electric forklift trucks, series VRE and the diesel forklift trucks, series VRD, represented by the model VRD-35 Cab, were awarded a gold medal at the 58-th International Technical Fair, in 2002
In time of 2002 – 2004, the company protects its production and owns six Certificates for Industrial Design for the territory of Bulgaria and three similar Certificates for Russia.
In 1998 the company developed a new branch in its main activity - manufacture of solid printed circuit boards, design and production of electronic elements.
