Yuri Gagarin Plc - History

The company was established in 1964 as the only manufacturer for cardboard and paper printed packages, cigarette filters, spare parts, non-standard equipment and recycling of machinery for the cigarette and tobacco industry in Bulgaria. In 1993 the company was transformed into a joint stock company with an Order of the Council of Ministers, as the successor of the Yuri Gagarin Works, Plovdiv and the respective part of the assets and the liabilities of Economic Association Bulgartabac - Sofia.


Yuri Gagarin Plc operates from its plant and administrative premises spread on an area of 26 000 square meters in the north industrial area of the city of Plovdiv.


Yuri Gagarin Plc is one of the first joint stock companies listed on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange, 

whose shares have been traded on the BSE since August 1998 .At present the company's shares are traded on the BaSE Alternative Market of Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Sofia AD, with BSE Code YGAG, ISIN – BG11PLPLVT16.
Until October 2006 Yuri Gagarin Plc was an affiliate company and a part of the group Bulgartabak Holding AD, Sofia. On October 3, 2006 the company shares owned by Bulgartabac Holding AD were sold out by public offering on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Sofia, in a mixed, closed auction.

Today Yuri Gagarin Plc is a leading manufacturer of multi-color cardboard and paper printed packages and labels for the cigarette, food-processing, cosmetic and other industries and of cigarette filters for the cigarette industry.


The Printing House of Yuri Gagarin Plc offers a wide range of printing services

The Printing House of Yuri Gagarin Plc offers a wide range of printing services including: prepress, offset printing, UV spot and overall varnishing, roto-gravure and flexo printing, hot-foil stamping, embossing, creasing, die-cutting, PVC windowing and up to six-point gluing.


The product list of the filter production includes a great variety of mono-acetate and combined cigarette filters of different length, diameter, ventilation, pressure drop and segmentation. Special filters include hollow filters, recess, double/triple with charcoal, flavored, with capsule.

The company's policy is to make effective and innovative investments in:

  • new technologies and high-productive printing machines;
  • new equipment for finishing printing operations;
  • production of specific cigarette filters: charcoal and recess filters;
  • infrastructure projects and restructuring the production facilities and equipment;
  • enterprise resource planing systems;
  • further training and development of the personnel.

At Yuri Gagarin Plc we are responsible for environmental protection
"YURI GAGARIN" AD recognizes the general expectation towards greater transparency on climate-related issues and strives to provide more public non-financial information regarding the company's policy regarding the environment, climate change and the company's activities that can be classified as environmentally sustainable.


Today Yuri Gagarin Plc is a public company limited by shares with more than 900 shareholders legal entities and physical persons. The capital of Yuri Gagarin Plc is divided into 1 003 904 registered, dematerialized voting shares with a nominal value of 1 BGN each. The shares of the company are registered at the Central Depository AD .Yuri Gagarin Plc has a one-tier management system, the Board of Directors.


latest news

Announcement of the Interim Consolidated Financial Report for the period ended March 31, 2025

30.05.2025

On May 30, 2025 Yuri Gagarin Plc submitted its Q1 Interim Consolidated Financial Report for the period ended March 31, 2025 to the Financial Supervision Commission, Bulgarian Stock Exchange – Sofia and to the public.

Convocation of Annual Shareholders Meeting

23.05.2025

The Board of Directors of Yuri Gagarin Plc convenes a Regular General Meeting of the Shareholders on June 27, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (UTC: 08:00 a.m.) to the following address: Plovdiv, 1 Rogoshko shosse Str. in the Assembly Hall, 2-nd floor of the administration building on the territory of the company.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANNUAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2024, ESEF FORMAT

30.04.2025

On 30 April 2025 “YURI GAGARIN“ Plc submitted its Annual Consolidated Financial Report for the year 2024, ESEF format, to the Financial Supervision Commission, the Bulgarian Stock Exchange – Sofia and to the public.