New resident of FEZ "Vitebsk" invests 1.9 million euros in the production of innovative water purification systems

July 6, Vitebsk /Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. Vitebsk private unitary enterprise "Polymerkonstruktsiya" has been registered as a resident of FEZ "Vitebsk" with a project to expand the production of innovative water purification and iron removal systems. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the department of investments and foreign economic relations of the administration of the Vitebsk FEZ.

The investment volume in the project implementation will be about 1.9 million euros, which will be directed towards expanding the production base, acquiring new equipment, and automating the production process. In its new status, "Polymerkonstruktsiya" plans to increase its production volume by 1.5 times within five years by increasing capacity, as well as to increase the enterprise's export potential by 2.6 times.

Unitary enterprise "Polymerkonstruktsiya" specializes in the development of new technologies and technological solutions for the purification of water and wastewater at water supply and sewerage facilities of settlements and industrial enterprises, and also produces local treatment facilities, pumping stations and iron removal stations, polymer tanks and containers for various needs. The basis of the implemented technical solutions are modern patented technologies for the purification of natural and wastewater. "Polymerkonstruktsiya" holds a patent for the invention "Installation for iron removal from underground water". The enterprise includes a scientific and technical center, a design bureau, a water treatment equipment plant, installation and commissioning departments, as well as a drilling and repair section for wells. In 2011, the Vitebsk manufacturer is implementing contracts for the supply of iron removal stations for settlements in the Kaliningrad, Smolensk, and Moscow regions, which are included in the Russian federal program "Clean Water". The enterprise's specialists are also involved in the development of more than 10 projects for the modernization of water treatment systems in other Russian regions.

FEZ "Vitebsk" was established in August 1999. Today, 41 investment projects are being implemented in the FEZ. More than 60% of the FEZ "Vitebsk" residents are joint and foreign enterprises established with the participation of investors from 13 countries, including Germany, Poland, the USA, the Czech Republic, Great Britain, Russia, Canada, Holland, and Israel. The industrial potential of the FEZ is based on enterprises operating in the fields of mechanical engineering, woodworking, food, chemical, fuel, and light industries. The territory of the free economic zone includes 12 sectors with a total area of over 2.1 thousand hectares, which are located within the city limits of Vitebsk, Postavy, Orsha, Baran, the urban-type settlement of Bolbasovo (Orshansky district), as well as in the Vitebsk district.-0-