90% of products for export. Turchin familiarized himself with the investment project of the Verkhnedvinsk butter and cheese factory
New shop for sour cream production, increased capacity for packaged butter output – what modernization will be carried out in 2025 at OJSC "Verkhnedzvinsk Butter and Cheese Factory" was told to Prime Minister Alexander Turchin during his working trip to the Vitebsk region.
Svetlana Chivirova, Director of OJSC "Verkhnedzvinsk Butter and Cheese Factory", said that the agroholding includes eight organizations – a processing enterprise, a service enterprise, and six agricultural organizations. This year, an investment project is being implemented here within the framework of the "One District – One Project" program. The enterprise plans to modernize the energy system, wastewater treatment facilities, and build a new shop for sour cream production. Funds for it have been allocated by the Development Bank.
"To develop the enterprise, a decision was made to modernize the energy supply systems and wastewater treatment facilities, and in parallel, we are increasing butter production volumes and organizing sour cream production. The total cost of the project is Br40.5 million, of which 25% should be the enterprise's own funds. Thanks to this project, we will be able to organize the service infrastructure properly and in the required volume, and after that, open a sour cream production shop with a capacity of 360 tons per year, and double the production of packaged butter. Currently, due to technical capabilities, we only package 50% of the butter, and sell the rest in wholesale packaging," – said the head of the enterprise.
She added that last year, industrial production increased by more than 35% compared to 2023. "We produced 10 thousand tons of cheese and 2.1 thousand tons of butter. We are an export-oriented enterprise, 90% of our products go abroad. The main direction for export sales is cheese. It mainly goes to the regions of Russia. As for dry whey, the geography of exports is expanding annually. We sell this product to China, and have also mastered new markets – the Philippines, Indonesia, Oman, Yemen, Nigeria," – informed the plant director.
Svetlana Chivirova noted that in December 2023, another enterprise was joined to the agro-holding - the Shumilinsky production workshop of JSC "Polotsk Dairy Plant", where part of the equipment has already been replaced. It is planned to carry out a large-scale technical re-equipment in this workshop to increase the production of cheeses under the brand "Yan Syrodel" and to start producing blue cheese.
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"To develop the enterprise, a decision was made to modernize the energy supply systems and wastewater treatment facilities, and in parallel, we are increasing butter production volumes and organizing sour cream production. The total cost of the project is Br40.5 million, of which 25% should be the enterprise's own funds. Thanks to this project, we will be able to organize the service infrastructure properly and in the required volume, and after that, open a sour cream production shop with a capacity of 360 tons per year, and double the production of packaged butter. Currently, due to technical capabilities, we only package 50% of the butter, and sell the rest in wholesale packaging," – said the head of the enterprise.She added that last year, industrial production increased by more than 35% compared to 2023. "We produced 10 thousand tons of cheese and 2.1 thousand tons of butter. We are an export-oriented enterprise, 90% of our products go abroad. The main direction for export sales is cheese. It mainly goes to the regions of Russia. As for dry whey, the geography of exports is expanding annually. We sell this product to China, and have also mastered new markets – the Philippines, Indonesia, Oman, Yemen, Nigeria," – informed the plant director.
Svetlana Chivirova noted that in December 2023, another enterprise was joined to the agro-holding - the Shumilinsky production workshop of JSC "Polotsk Dairy Plant", where part of the equipment has already been replaced. It is planned to carry out a large-scale technical re-equipment in this workshop to increase the production of cheeses under the brand "Yan Syrodel" and to start producing blue cheese."BelTA"