Vitebsk region's meat and dairy enterprises will direct over Br280 billion into fixed assets in 2011.

December 30, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. In 2011, enterprises of the Vitebsk concern "Meat and Dairy Products" plan to invest over Br280 billion in fixed assets, which is more than double the investments of the current year, the concern informed a BELTA correspondent. Glubokoye Dairy and Canning Plant will have to master a large volume of funds next year. The enterprise plans to modernize its tin can production, acquire a number of new technological lines, including equipment for the production of sterilized milk, a sterilizer for the canning workshop, reverse osmosis units, and also create a modern cheese production facility at its Braslav branch. In total, about Br53 billion is planned to be allocated for these purposes. Lepel Dairy and Canning Plant plans to invest Br30.9 billion in fixed assets. These funds are intended to implement a project for the construction of a new boiler house with two steam boilers with an electric generating capacity of 3.5 MW, to re-equip the Dokshitsy branch with the necessary equipment for expanding semi-hard cheese production, and to build a heifer building for 690 heads at the "Zaozerye" agricultural branch. The main project for Orsha Dairy Plant in 2011 will be the construction of a new receiving and processing building, a butter section, a casein production section, and an administrative and utility facility in the "Dubrovno" production workshop. Its implementation will require Br12 billion. Polotsk Dairy Plant will focus its main efforts on modernizing the skimmed milk powder workshop, where it is planned to install two new skimmed milk packaging lines, a film vacuum evaporation unit, and a reverse osmosis unit. The cost of the project is Br18.1 billion. Postavy Dairy Plant will begin implementing a large-scale project to create a new hard cheese production facility with a capacity of 20 tons per day. The production workshop will be located on a free site near the main enterprise. The investment volume required for these purposes is Br30 billion. In addition, the plant plans to complete the construction of wastewater treatment facilities. A number of projects for technical re-equipment and capacity expansion of existing production will be implemented in 2011 by other dairy and meat processing enterprises of the concern. Thus, Vitebsk Meat Processing Plant plans to reconstruct refrigeration chambers, Glubokoye - a meat processing building, Miory - to build a refrigeration building. Orsha Canned Goods Plant will continue to work on a project to more than double the capacity for baby food production. In January-November of the current year, the concern produced products worth Br1.5 trillion, or 115.4% compared to the same period last year. Profitability of sales was 3.9%. The export growth rate for January-November was 140% to $231 million. The energy saving indicator was minus 14.4%. The investment volume for the reporting period reached Br118 billion. The concern includes four meat processing plants and eight dairy industry enterprises. -0-