FIXIT Gruppe (Germany) would build a dry construction mixes plant in Pustomyty district of Lviv region, the press service of the Lviv Regional Administration has reported. Head of the investment policy department of the Lviv Regional Administration Roman Matis said that it is planned to start building the plant in June and finish in winter before strong frosts. “Within three weeks, the company must provide us with all the documents for permitting them to start construction. If we have any difficulties, we will try to help. Construction will begin in June,” he told Interfax-Ukraine.
According to Matis, the plant will produce dry building mixes under the Kreisel trademark, in particular, primers, waterproofing materials, mixes for floors, grout and masonry, glue mixes, plasters, building paints, and other products.
He recalled that one plant of FIXIT Gruppe already produces goods under the Kreisel trademark in Fastiv (Kyiv region). This product is in great demand in the market of Western Ukraine, which prompted the company to build a plant in Lviv region.
The new plant near Pustomyty will create about 70-80 jobs, and most of the production processes will be automated. According to the Lviv Regional Administration, FIXIT Gruppe is part of the Hazlberger Group, one of the largest producers of dry building mixes in the EU, primarily in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. FIXIT Gruppe was established in 2006. It has 68 production sites in 19 countries. The headquarters is located in Switzerland.
Shareholders in Ukraine’s major electric and thermal energy producing company Centrenergo have approved the payment of dividends for 2017 in the amount of UAH 1.418 billion, or UAH 3.84 per share. Centerenergo will pay UAH 1.1 billion in dividends to the state alone on the results of financial and economic activities in 2017,” Acting head of the State Property Fund Vitaliy Trubarov wrote on Facebook. He recalled that the state owns a 78.2% stake in Centrenergo.
Under the law, the funds should be transferred to the national budget before July 1 this year, he said.
According to the minutes of the shareholders’ meeting, it was decided to allocate 75% of net profit to pay dividends, while for 15% will be spent on replenishment of the reserve fund, and another 10% on the production development fund.
As reported, Centrenergo in 2017 increased its net profit by 4.9 times (by UAH 1.504 billion) compared to 2016, to UAH 1.891 billion. The company’s revenue grew by 2.1%, to UAH 10.919 billion, and its total value of assets increased by 17.4%, to UAH 10.074 billion. The minutes also said that Centrenergo’s undistributed profit had amounted to UAH 2.966 billion as of the beginning of 2018.
Norway’s Scatec Solar has included into its project portfolio the construction of solar power plants with a total capacity of 150 MW in Ukraine, the company’s press service reported. The company has not disclosed any other details regarding the construction of stations. As reported with reference to Cherkasy Regional Administration, Scatec Solar planned to build a solar power plant with the installed capacity of 25 MW in Kamianka, Cherkasy region. Scatec Solar has built solar power plants with a total capacity of 322 MW in different countries. The company is in the process of building plants with the capacity of 434 MW.
Scatec Solar operates in the Czech Republic, South Africa, Ruanda, Honduras and Jordan.
Ukraine’s retail trade turnover, excluding the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, Sevastopol and Donbas, grew by 7.6% in comparable prices in January-March 2018 (Q1) year-over-year, the State Statistics Service said on Friday. In particular, retail trade turnover in March-2018 increased by 13.1% compared to February this year and by 7.6% compared to March 2017, it said.
The largest growth in retail trade turnover in January-March 2018 compared to the same period in 2017 was observed in Vinnytsia region (12.3%), Zakarpattia (11.8%), Mykolaiv (10.8%), Sumy (9. 9%), Lviv (9.7%), Chernihiv (9.6%), Cherkasy (9.4%), Odesa (9.2%), and Kherson (8%) regions.
