Orsha Meat Canning Plant updated its product range by 10% in January-April

May 18, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Orsha Meat Canning Plant OJSC updated its product range by 10% in January-April, the enterprise informed a BELTA correspondent. Over four months, the plant produced 40 new types of meat products. Among the new items are sausages for baby food enriched with a vitamin complex, boiled sausages made from natural ingredients without artificial E-group additives, dry-cured pork and beef products, and semi-finished products. In the near future, the plant plans to update its product range by 10 new items monthly, launch new types of semi-smoked and smoked sausages, and significantly expand the production of economy-class meat products. The baby food segment will also be developed. To this end, the enterprise has already begun developing a project to increase the production capacity of canned baby food. It is planned to double this capacity. The project implementation is scheduled to begin this year. Currently, a business plan is being developed, the required funding is being calculated, and sources of financing are being identified. Technical re-equipment is also planned for other production sites of the enterprise, specialists said. In the first quarter, the plant operated profitably and produced products worth over Br34 billion, or 107.5% compared to the same period in 2009. The share of exports in the total sales volume was about 15%. The energy saving indicator was minus 13.6%. Labor productivity growth was 110.4%. The enterprise was founded in 1930. It specializes in the production of canned meat and sausages. Baby food preserves account for over 20% of the product structure. The range of products manufactured includes about 400 items. The average number of employees is over 1.1 thousand people. -0-