The EFI Group investment group has invested EUR5 million in a new packaging plant in Zhytomyr, which has become the fourth packaging manufacturer in the group’s portfolio, according to EFI Group CEO Olga Batova.
“A month ago, we launched a small plant in Zhytomyr with a EUR5 million investment. This is our fourth packaging plant; it uses virgin pulp, while the other three use recycled paper,“ Batova wrote in the comments section of her post about the NovaSklo project presented at URC 2026, responding to a question from Denis Myrhorodskyi, co-owner of ”Zavod Preform,” regarding new projects.
The EFI Group’s press office has not yet provided details about the new facility in Zhytomyr.
Currently, according to information on the group’s website, the company’s portfolio of packaging manufacturers includes the Zhytomyr Cardboard and Paper Mill, which specializes in the production of corrugated egg trays, as well as corrugated cardboard and its components (containerboard and fluting paper).
The group also includes Sem Ecopack LLC, which was relocated in 2023 from the town of Tomakivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to Sambir in Lviv Oblast, where a main production line was established for packaging made of pulped cardboard for food products—specifically for fruits (apples, melons, kiwis, etc.), berries, and bottle packaging.
In April of this year, EFI Group founder Ihor Liski wrote on Facebook about the Pulp Master project—the creation of disposable paper tableware and paper packaging made from cellulose fiber.
“Today, Ukraine does not have its own primary cellulose fiber—the market depends on imports. We have decided to change that. Our goal is to create a system for producing cellulose from byproducts of crop and fruit cultivation,” he wrote at the time.
He did not provide any further details.
EFI Group was founded in 2007. It focuses on implementing business projects in Ukraine. Its investment areas include healthcare and medtech, the paper, food, and woodworking industries, and the supply of agricultural products.
Its portfolio includes Feednova, a manufacturer of animal fats and feed additives; the “Bihive” honey production plant; the “Medical Star” honey retail chain; the Zhytomyr Cardboard Plant; “Sem Ecopack,” the timber processor “Forest Technology,” the agricultural products supplier “Efi Agro,” the online medical hub Doc.ua, and others.
