Orshacheesefactory has launched a new ice cream production line

June 3, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Orsha Dairy Plant OJSC has launched a new ice cream production line, the enterprise's director Nikolai Shkolnikov told a BELTA correspondent. The automatic extrusion line with a capacity of 5,000 servings per hour and a cost of 430,000 euros has been installed in the reconstructed workshop of the enterprise. Currently, nine types of sweet products are produced on it in the form of Eskimo pies and sandwiches. Six more new products will appear on sale in the near future. The capacities of the Polish equipment are already fully utilized. The launch of the line will allow the enterprise to increase ice cream production by more than 20% and double its range to 30 items. In the future, Orsha Dairy Plant plans to develop this area. Thus, in 2011, the enterprise intends to master the production of ice cream with fruit fillings and fruit ices. In January-May, the plant produced products worth Br9.6 billion, which is 19.6% higher than the same level last year. The profitability of sales was over 5%. Products are sold in Belarus. The enterprise was founded in 1944 and became a joint-stock company in 1997. It specializes in the production of cheese and ice cream. The range includes about 80 types of products. Orsha Dairy Plant OJSC ice cream is produced under the trademark "Skazka v ladoske" (A fairy tale in the palm of your hand). -0-