Polotsk Dairy Plant has started producing products in PET bottles

August 3, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Polotsk Dairy Plant has started producing products in PET bottles, the enterprise informed a BELTA correspondent.

The capacity of the new line for bottling products in PET containers is 6 thousand bottles per hour. The cost of the Bulgarian-Italian equipment is over 1.5 million euros. Currently, the enterprise bottles milk with a fat content of 1.5%, 2%, 3.2% and 5%, as well as bio-kefir (fat content 1.5%) and kefir (2.5%) in 0.95 L PET bottles. In the near future, the enterprise plans to start producing yogurts in similar containers.

A separate workshop of the plant was reconstructed to install the PET bottling line. Equipment for ultra-pasteurization of milk is also being adjusted here, with commissioning scheduled for September. Additional technical equipment will allow Polotsk Plant to increase the shelf life of dairy products from 10 to 20 days and, accordingly, increase export potential.

In January-June, the enterprise produced products worth Br94.2 billion, or 141.1% compared to the same period last year. Sales profitability was 9.2%. Products worth $13.5 million were shipped to Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia, which is 17% more than in the first half of 2010. The share of exports in the total sales volume is 50%. Investments in fixed assets for 2011 are planned at Br30 billion.

The enterprise was founded in 1987. The product range includes over 70 types of dairy products, which are produced under the trademark "Molochnoe razdolye". At the beginning of 2011, the plant received certificates of conformity to the quality management system LST EN ISO 9001:2008 and food safety LST EN ISO 22000:2005 for skim milk powder. The average number of employees is over 760 people. -0-