The Orsha Meat Canning Plant presented 4 investment projects worth $44 million at the forum in Vitebsk.

May 20, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The Orsha Meat Canning Plant presented four production development projects worth $44 million at the International Investment Forum in Vitebsk, a BELTA correspondent reports. The enterprise offers potential investors to consider a project for the creation of a meat and fat complex in an existing building with an area of 9.5 thousand sq.m and a height of 8 m, where it is planned to establish slaughter and cutting of livestock into semi-finished products in accordance with international requirements. The necessary investment is $6 million. Three investment proposals from the enterprise concern the construction of new facilities. Thus, the plant is interested in the construction of a pig breeding complex for 100-110 thousand heads for growing pedigree pigs (project cost $13 million), the construction of a workshop for processing animal slaughter waste with a capital investment of $17 million, and a workshop for the production of baby food preserves under a designed line with a capacity of 20 thousand cans per hour. $8 million will be required for these purposes. The enterprise was founded in 1930. It specializes in the production of canned meat and sausages. Baby food preserves account for 27% of the product mix. The range of products manufactured includes over 400 items, including more than 70 types of baby food preserves. The average number of employees is over 1.1 thousand people. In January-April 2011, the plant produced products worth Br51.1 billion. Meat products worth $3.8 million were exported, which is more than double compared to the same period last year. Sales profitability for January-March reached 4.3%. -0-