The most powerful enterprise in Ukraine's dairy industry, which will process 1000 tons of milk per day, has begun construction in Vinnytsia by investors of LLC "Trading House "Western Dairy Group" from Lutsk. For the first time in Ukraine, a line for producing hard cheeses using "Tetra Pak Tebel" technology is being installed here, which will allow the production of 60 tons of high-quality hard cheeses, "Lutsk Investment" was informed by the press service of TD "Western Dairy Group".\n\n\nThe new enterprise will operate in the form of a closed joint-stock company and will be called "Vinnytsia Dairy Plant". It is planned to be put into operation by the end of 2006. The project investors – LLC "Trading House "Western Dairy Group" – plan to invest about 160 million UAH in the new production.\n\n\nAfter commissioning, this will be the largest milk-processing enterprise in Ukraine. Its design capacity will allow processing 1000 tons of milk per day.\n\n\nAt CJSC "Vinnytsia Dairy Plant" they intend to produce 60 tons of high-quality hard cheeses per day. Also at the new enterprise they plan to produce 100 tons of whole-milk products daily (kefir, sour cream, ryazhanka, yogurts, biokefirs, bioyogurts).\n\n\nThe project managers understand that the new production requires the creation of a powerful raw material base. Therefore, 25 million UAH will be invested in the development of dairy farming: improving the breed quality of cattle, purchasing modern milking parlors, and equipping milk collection points. In Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr regions, it is planned to build own farms, as well as provide funds for their equipping to individual operating large-scale agricultural enterprises.\n\n\nReference:\n\n\nLLC "Trading House "Western Dairy Group" was founded in 2002 by individuals. Exclusive distributor of 18 milk-processing enterprises, in particular OJSC "Kovelmoloko", OJSC "Lviv City Dairy Plant", OJSC "Dubnomoloko", OJSC "Vinnytsia City Dairy Plant", OJSC "Brodivsky Plant of Dry Skimmed Milk", SE "Novohrad-Volynsky Cheese Plant", Artemivsk Dairy Plant (Donetsk region), etc.\n\n\nOn the market it represents products under the corporate brand "KOMO" and sub-brands "Gurmanika", "Molochna Rodyna", "Vykrutas", "Ekonom". The assortment range of trademarks includes 21 types of hard cheese, about 50 types of processed cheeses, butter, and dry dairy products. The annual turnover of LLC "TD "Western Dairy Group" is about 300 million hryvnias.