The Novopolotsk bakery will commission a new confectionery workshop in July

March 9, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The Novopolotsk bakery will implement a major investment project in 2010 to expand confectionery production, the enterprise director Sergey Zinovyev told a BELTA correspondent. In accordance with the business plan, it is planned to reconstruct a vacant workshop on the existing premises. Construction work has already begun here. In May, technological equipment of Czech, Italian and domestic production with a capacity of up to 50 tons of confectionery per month will be installed in the workshop. The enterprise plans to reach these production indicators in 2011. The commissioning of the facility is scheduled for July this year. The cost of the project is Br2 billion. The payback period is 4.5 years. Its implementation will allow the bakery to increase confectionery output fivefold (currently the capacity is 5 tons per month), and the total production volume by 15%. In addition, the range of sweet products will significantly expand, as the new equipment will allow for the production of over 20 types of confectionery, the head noted. For January-February, the enterprise produced products worth Br1.7 billion, or 112.2% compared to the 2009 level. Profitability of sales is 8.5%. Labor productivity over two months increased by 12.7% compared to the same period last year. The enterprise was commissioned in 1990. It is part of RUPP "Vitebskhlebprom". The capacity is designed for the production of 40 tons of products per day. The range includes over 70 items. The total number of employees is over 200 people. -0-