Orsha Dairy Plant to launch reconstructed boiler house for heating season

June 7, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Orsha Dairy Plant OJSC is completing the implementation of a boiler house reconstruction project, the enterprise informed BELTA correspondent. About Br2 billion was allocated for the project. As part of its implementation, four old energy-intensive boilers were replaced with two new German-made boilers with a capacity of 6 tons of steam per hour each. The efficiency of the latter is 94% compared to 80% for the previously operated units. Commissioning work on the new equipment has already been carried out. Currently, construction work on the restoration of the boiler house building and repair of utility networks is being completed. The enterprise plans to obtain a readiness certificate for the modernized boiler house in September. Energy savings resulting from the operation of the updated facility will amount to 15%-20%. In January-April, the enterprise produced products worth Br50.1 billion, or 114.4% compared to the same period in 2009, and processed 45 thousand tons of milk, or 106.8% respectively. Exports account for over 30% of the total sales volume. Products are supplied to Russia (73% of exports), Poland, and Germany. The energy saving indicator for January-April was minus 12.1%. The range of products manufactured includes about 60 items. This is a wide range of dairy products, curd products, cheeses, butter, and casein. The enterprise was founded in 1939 and reorganized into an OJSC in 1996. In 2002, the Dubrovno Dairy Plant was incorporated into it, since September 2008 - Sennensky, and in 2007 a workshop was commissioned in the urban settlement of Kopys, Orsha district. The total number of employees is over 650 people. -0-