Former Kyiv City Council deputy Vyacheslav Suprunenko has invested $2 million in the bankrupt Kyiv Rosinka plant, which he bought in 2023 and will resume operations in May 2025, Forbes Ukraina reports.
According to the publication, the launch of production cost $1 million. The company plans to invest more than $1 million in 2025-2026. The company expects to recoup the investment in five years.
“In 2024, Rosinka has already resumed production of contract bottled lemonades at the Orlan plant in Kyiv and at a plant in Cherkasy region.
The company has obtained a license to extract mineral water from a spring on the plant’s territory at a depth of 327 meters. The first line of Sofia Kyivska mineral water will be launched in April-May 2025. This will be followed by juice drinks with four flavors. The production of classic lemonades at the Rosinka plant is scheduled for 2026, said Inna Yarmolenko, director of the Rosinka plant in Kyiv.
“Sophia of Kyiv will be bottled in 0.5-liter and 1.5-liter bottles, and juice drinks will be packaged in 180-200 ml soft packs. The redesign of Sofia Kyivska has already been completed, and the next step is to change the label of Rosinka. The names of the drinks will not change.
“The plant plans to launch production of functional drinks in 5 years, including kombucha, energy drinks and vitaminized drinks,” Yarmolenko said, adding that they will be produced under different brands, not just Rosinka.
Currently, the Kyiv-based Rosinka plant is negotiating sales with national retailers such as ATB and Silpo.
As reported, in August 2023, Prozorro.Sale successfully held an auction for the sale of the bankrupt Rosinka plant, which was sold for UAH 138.5 million to the Cyprus-based Alviva Group LTD, whose beneficiary is former Kyiv City Council member Viacheslav Suprunenko.
