Stara Planina Holding AD is a Bulgaria-based industrial holding company engaged in the acquisition, management, restructuring, and development of equity investments across engineering, manufacturing, and consumer product sectors. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria, the company operates primarily through subsidiaries and affiliated enterprises spanning hydraulic machine building, electrical engineering, metal processing, and cosmetics. Its core product and service portfolio comprises hydraulic equipment and components, including hydraulic orbital motors, hydrostatic steering units, hydraulic directional control valves, hydraulic brakes, and single- and double-acting hydraulic cylinders for agricultural, material handling, and construction machinery; electrical engineering products, including automotive starter batteries, industrial traction batteries for forklifts and utility vehicles, and stationary energy storage batteries; cosmetic and personal care goods, including natural rose oil, essential oils, rose water, perfumery, and botanical skincare formulations; and precision machine building, metalworking, and technical assembly services. The company distributes its products domestically and exports to international markets across Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. In recent operational and strategic developments, Stara Planina Holding has advanced substantial capital expenditure programs across its key manufacturing subsidiaries, commissioning automated robotic production cells and high-precision CNC machining centers at M+S Hydraulic and Hydraulic Elements and Systems (HES) to expand production capacity and enhance component efficiency. The group has also implemented industrial sustainability initiatives, deploying rooftop solar photovoltaic installations across its primary production facilities to optimize energy efficiency, while introducing modernized traction battery series and low-emission hydraulic components engineered to comply with evolving European Union environmental and industrial standards.