The commissioning of the Vitebsk fur factory is scheduled for September
The commissioning of the Vitebsk Fur Factory is scheduled for September, as reported by the enterprise's director, Sergey Betenya.
According to him, the installation of internal engineering networks and the replacement of the 10-kilovolt cable are currently underway in the production building. Simultaneously, the installation and commissioning of technological equipment of Italian, Turkish, German, Japanese, and Greek origin, which has been delivered to the enterprise almost in its entirety, are in progress. These works are planned to be completed by the end of July, after which the final landscaping of the complex's territory will be carried out. The handover of the facility to the state commission is scheduled for August, and its commissioning for September. The complex of the unitary production enterprise "Vitebsk Fur Factory" includes a four-story production building where fur dressing and sewing of finished products will be carried out, warehouses for raw materials, bulky and chemical materials, wastewater treatment facilities, an administrative and amenity building, and a boiler room. The overall readiness of the complex currently stands at 90-95%.
The modernization and reconstruction of the enterprise have been underway since 2015, pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 467 of October 14, 2013, "On Measures for the Development of Leather and Fur Production and Footwear Production," with the aim of successfully implementing the investment project "Creation of Production Capacities for the Production of Footwear up to 5 Million Pairs per Year and Reconstruction of the Fur Factory with the Creation of the Holding Company 'Belarusian Leather and Footwear Company "Marko"' for 2013-2024."
The total investment volume to date has amounted to approximately $20 million. The enterprise's capacities are designed for the annual processing of 300,000 sheepskins and 250,000 fur skins, as well as the production of about 20,000 outerwear items and 25-30,000 hats and other small fur items. The workforce will comprise about 500 people.