A Ukrainian investor is ready to invest $10 million in a construction materials production project in the Vitebsk region

July 16, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Kharkiv machine-building plant "Krasny Oktyabr" is ready to participate in the project for the construction of a new workshop for the production of building materials at the Obolsky ceramic plant. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Mikhail Kartavenko, head of the plant's marketing department. A memorandum of intent for the project implementation was signed during the international investment forum, which concludes its work in Vitebsk today. The investment project provides for the organization of production of highly porous ceramic blocks and facing bricks with a total capacity of 90 million conventional bricks per year. The Ukrainian enterprise offers a full technological cycle for the project's creation, starting from the research of clay raw materials, technology selection, production design, and the supply of a complete set of technological equipment, said Mikhail Kartavenko. The planned investment volume of the Ukrainian plant is about $10 million. In general, the project is estimated at almost Br77 billion. According to specialists of the Obolsky plant, a number of other investors, including from Germany, are also showing interest in the project implementation. The final choice of a partner for the construction of a new building materials workshop will be determined during tender bidding, the enterprise added. During the work of the Vitebsk investment forum, a memorandum of intent was also signed between the Gorodok District Executive Committee and the Belarusian-Czech enterprise "AquaAlliance" for the construction of a fish farming complex with developed tourist infrastructure, with a total cost of 7.5 million euros. In the Miory district, the Czech investor is ready to invest 4 million euros in the construction of a factory for the production of wooden houses, for which an agreement was signed between the enterprise "OksisDomInvest" and the district executive committee. In addition, agreements on trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation were signed between Beshenkovichi and Stryków (Poland), Shumilino and Poddębice (Poland), Senno and Głowno (Poland), as well as between the Glubokskoye District Executive Committee and the administration of the city of Novosokolniki, Pskov region. Today, foreign delegations and representatives of business structures are visiting enterprises and regions of the oblast, and are also participating in negotiations on the development of cooperation and collaboration between businesses of the forum's participating countries. In total, more than 200 representatives of business circles and diplomatic missions from 11 countries took part in the Vitebsk investment forum. About 150 investment projects planned for implementation in the cities of the oblast, as well as by enterprises and organizations of the region, were presented to potential investors. In the oblast, more than 40 land plots for new construction, unused facilities and sites for organizing new production facilities have been formed, which were also presented at the forum.