A large Ukrainian producer of pet food for cats and dogs Kormotech LLC (Prylbychi village, Yavoriv district, Lviv region) will build in Ukraine another plant for the production of the company’s main products, which will increase its capacity several times and ensure the growth of exports, Rostyslav Vovk, the CEO and co-owner of the company, has told Interfax-Ukraine.
“We plan to build a plant four times more powerful than the one that is now in Ukraine. The expansion will last for three years,” he said on the sidelines of the International Summit of Mayors in Kyiv.
Vovk said that the main goal of the expansion is to increase the supply of products for export. “We do not have enough products for our export markets. We have already taken our place in Ukraine, and now we need to deal with Europe, go out into the world,” the head of the company said.
Speaking at the summit, he said that this week his colleagues defended a project for a new factory in Ukraine with an estimated cost of EUR 93 million.
“So, perhaps, we will need an “investment nanny,” Vovk said, commenting on the possibilities of using this mechanism of state support for investments in Ukraine, recently enshrined in law and planned for practical implementation from the end of this and the beginning of next year.
At the same time, the head of the company told Interfax-Ukraine that it is still incorrect to name a specific figure for the planned investments, since it could change significantly.
At the summit, Vovk also said that the plant will be opened in Lviv region.
Kormotech, founded in 2003 with its head office in Lviv, manufactures products for cats and dogs under its own brands Optimeal, Club 4 Paws (TM Miau! and Gav!) And in the private label direction and exports products to 37 countries.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has launched the operation of the Business Protection Office (BPO) under the ministry, the head of which was appointed adviser to Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, ex-Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko.
“Today we are launching an additional operational protection mechanism – we are opening an advisory body – the Business Protection Office under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, where every entrepreneur and investor will be able to receive the necessary assistance and effectively protect their rights. Our global goal is to make the business environment in Ukraine as much as possible protected and attractive for investors both Ukrainian and foreign,” the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on Thursday evening.
The specific areas of work of the Business Protection Office will be combating raiding, combating corruption and abuse of business in the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, unshadowing the tobacco, alcohol and fuel market, helping the State Customs Service and other law enforcement agencies in the fight against smuggling, the issue of combating counterfeit products, violation of copyright and trademark counterfeiting.
Other issues of violation of the rights of entrepreneurs by law enforcement officers in the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs – the National Police, the State Emergency Service, and the State Migration Service – will also be in the field of vision and response of the Business Protection Office.
The volume of construction work performed in Ukraine in August 2021 increased by 8.9% compared to August 2020.
According to the State Statistics Service, in January-August 2021 compared to January-August 2020, the index of construction products amounted to 101.8%. The volume of construction work completed in the eight months amounted to UAH 121 billion.
According to the statistics department, in August 2021, the seasonally adjusted index of construction products amounted to 107.3% compared to the previous month.
The service reported that in August 2021 from August 2020, an increase in the volume of construction work was observed in construction of residential buildings – by 27.2%, non-residential buildings – by 9.8%, engineering structures – by 5.2%.
The share of new construction in the total volume of completed construction work was 34.9%, repairs – 38.4%, reconstruction and technical re-equipment – 26.7%.
An increase in the volume of construction work in January-August 2021 compared to January-August 2020 was recorded in Ternopil (by 55.5%, to UAH 2.24 billion), Cherkasy (by 32.1%, to UAH 1.84 billion), Rivne (by 21.9%, to UAH 2 billion), Ivano-Frankivsk (by 19.3%, to UAH 2.38 billion), Volyn (by 14.3%, to UAH 1.54 billion), Khmelnytsky (by 13%, to UAH 3.7 billion), Odesa (by 10.1%, to UAH 15.6 billion), Kharkiv (by 9.7%, to UAH 10.7 billion), Kyiv (by 7.9%, to UAH 8.7 billion), Mykolaiv (by 0.3%, to UAH 2.15 billion) regions and Kyiv (by 4.7%, to UAH 27.7 billion).
In other regions, there was a decrease in construction volumes. The most significant drop was shown by Chernivtsi (37.2%) and Kirovohrad (30.9%) regions.
The statistics are given without taking into account the temporarily occupied Crimea and the temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
As reported, the volume of construction work performed in Ukraine in 2020 increased by 4% compared to 2019.
The implementation of the project “Active Parks – Locations of Healthy Ukraine”, which provides for the installation of sports grounds in the courtyards, is carried out within the framework of the program of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky “Healthy Ukraine”, the website of the head of state reported on Tuesday.
In particular, the project envisages the creation of active park and sports ground locations in Ukrainian cities. About 100 “active parks” have already been opened in different parts of Ukraine, and about 600 more active locations will appear by the end of the year.
“Each ‘active park’ is equipped with QR codes, thanks to which the visitor has the opportunity to conduct a training session of any complexity, choosing his own trainer among pop stars, cinema stars, professional athletes, or conduct a training session with the President of Ukraine. Also, within the framework of the project, the installation of sports grounds, which will be in almost every courtyard, is starting – it is planned to build 10,000 of such facilities by the end of 2022,” the message says.
“This program of the President is aimed at all age categories and groups of the population. We want as many of our citizens as possible to be involved in regular sports. To improve the health of Ukrainians and reduce the rates of diseases caused by insufficient physical activity. To improve the quality and life expectancy of our people,” deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko said.
JSC Ukrzaliznytsia from October 10 resumes international railway communication with Poland.
According to the press service of the company, tickets for the Kyiv-Przemysl train will be available from October 1. They can be purchased on the company’s website, in its official chat bot, or at railway station ticket offices.
The Intercity+ train will run with carriages manufactured by Hyundai Rotem.
Earlier, Ukrzaliznytsia has already resumed international railway communication with Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Moldova.
