 Between April and May 1968, Bulgarian engineer Dimitar Damyanov was sent to Turin to sign a contract with Fiat regarding the delivery of welding and assembly machinery.On April 28, 1968, the Italian engineer Brasio arrived at the "Balkan" factory in Lovech as a technical adviser, and on December 13 of the same year the Italian specialists Mueller and Grimaldi arrive to install the painting machinery.The five-year contract between "Balkankar" and Fiat lapsed in 1971 and was not renewed.