General Electric (GE) has signed a contract with DTEK to supply high-voltage equipment for the 150 kV central power distribution station and two 150/35/10 kV substations, which would ensure the transmission of electricity from the first stage of Prymorska wind farm (Zaporizhia region) to the Ukrainian power grid, the press service of the Ukrainian energy holding has reported.
“The innovative technology “digital substation” will be used at the wind farm… The digital substation technology allows making real-time assessment of the state of equipment and automatically reacting to deterioration or malfunctions. This relaxes maintenance of the substation, implementing it as soon as the event occurs and without scheduling repairs,” DTEK said.
As reported, GE Renewable Energy will supply 26 wind turbines with a capacity of 3 MW each for the first stage of Prymorska wind farm and maintain them after the delivery. The turbines will be delivered to Ukraine and installed in 2018. The first stage would be launched in 2019.
DTEK was established in 2005 to manage the energy assets of System Capital Management Group (SCM, Donetsk) belonging to Rinat Akhmetov.
S&P Global Ratings has raised its long-term national scale ratings on Ukraine to ‘uaBBB’ from ‘uaBBB-‘ and removed the UCO designation from the ratings.
“Our global scale issuer and issue credit ratings on Ukraine are not affected by today’s rating action,” S&P said.
On April 20, 2018, S&P Global Ratings affirmed its ‘B-/B’ long- and short-termforeign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Ukraine. The outlook is stable.
According to the report, the next scheduled rating publication on Ukraine will be on Oct. 19, 2018.
S&P recalled that National scale ratings express its opinion of the creditworthiness of an issuer or a debt instrument relative to other issuers and issues in a given country. The purpose is to provide a rank-ordering of credit risk within the country.
The Kyivstar mobile communications operator from July 1, 2018 launched 4G (LTE) mobile Internet in the 1800 MHz band in Kyiv, and then with intervals of two days it will be launched in Odesa, Lviv and other regions, Kyivstar President Peter Chernyshov told reporters at a meeting in Lviv.
“Starting July 1, we are launching 4G in the 1800 MHz band. These are additional frequencies that will make broad coverage. Our competitors want to announce in a beautiful way that they are launching immediately and everywhere. We have another strategy: we want everything to work well. There are a lot of towers in Kyiv, and we want us to have two days to check how it works, and if everything works well, then on July 3 we start in Odesa and the resorts, and on July 5 – in Lviv and the suburbs,” he said.
Chernyshov also said that in the event that something will not work perfectly – the company plans to postpone the dates of subsequent launches until troubleshooting is finished.
At the same time, the operator’s president said that Kyivstar does not have any problems with the General Staff of the Armed Forces or receiving approved documents.
As reported, lifecell on July 1 will launch 4.5G (LTE Advanced Pro) mobile Internet in the 1800 MHz band in 232 cities and towns in Ukraine.
One of the largest confectionary producers in Ukraine AVK Confectionary has supplied first 50 tonnes of its products to Malaysia, the company’s press service has reported. “AVK is one of the first Ukrainian confectionery companies that supplied chocolate products to the Malaysian market. We have already carried out the first three deliveries of sweets and are working on the next orders,” Deputy Director General for Strategic Development of the company Andriy Radchuk said in the message.
The company plans to develop this direction, gradually increasing its sales volumes.
As reported, AVK group of companies was founded in 1991. Now its produces goods at a confectionery factory in Dnipro. It also owned factories in Donetsk and Luhansk, control over which was lost.
The total amount of wage arrears in Ukraine in May 2018 increased by 3.5%, and as of June 1, 2018 amounted to UAH 2.561 billion, the State Statistics Service has said. According to its data, in May 2018 wage arrears at economically active enterprises increased by 6.5% and on June 1 this year amounted to UAH 1.411 billion.
Wage arrears in May 2018 increased in Ternopil (17.5%), Zakarpattia (13.6%), Ivano-Frankivsk (11.8%), Kherson (9.2%), Sumy (7.9%), Zaporizhia (7.2%), Mykolaiv (6.2%), Kharkiv (5.6%) and Luhansk (5.4%) regions.
At the same time, the decline of wage arrears was recorded in Volyn (34.2%), Chernivtsi (8.3%), Zhytomyr (3.6%), Poltava (2.9%), Odesa (1.4%), Rivne (0.8%) regions and Kyiv city (1.7%).
According to the statistics service, in May 2018 arrears in payment of wages increased in the sphere of healthcare – by 12.1%, to UAH 23.9 million, industry – by 3.9%, to UAH 2.036 billion, construction – by 2.2%, to UAH 82.3 million and agriculture – by 7.7%, to UAH 17.4 million.
The wage arrears fell by 0.2% in the professional, scientific and technical activity, to UAH 113.4 million, in financial and insurance activity – by 0.5%, to UAH 17 million and in the sphere of arts, sports, entertainment and recreation – by 10.4%, to UAH 1.4 million.
Schulz (Kyiv) plans in 2018 to increase the number of completed projects to produce equipment for breweries by 30%, to 48.
“In 2017, the company produced 76% more equipment than in 2016. A total of 37 implemented projects in 2017 compared with 21 projects in 2016. This year we plan to retain the upward pace and reaching 30% and more rise in production compared with the previous year,” the founder of Schulz Bakhrom Kalandarov told Interfax-Ukraine.
He said that today 60% of the company’s products are exported. It is sold in Russia, in the CIS, EU, Asia (Vietnam) and North America (Canada).
The founder of Schulz said that this year the company brought to market a new brand of brewing equipment – SimpleBrew.
“A team of Czech engineers and leading Schulz experts worked on its design for more than three years, which made it possible to make the best product for the European market. In Simple Brew we developed standard solutions for 500 and 1,000 liters of cookers, so we made it more attractive for the price and quality, simplifying the service. We have also passed certification for equipment in accordance with European standards,” Kalandarov said.
He said that the share of Schulz of the Ukrainian brewing equipment market is 60%.
Schulz is engaged in the production of brewing equipment ranging from mini versions per 100 liters and to industrial designs for 5,000 liters, working on individual solutions for brewers. In addition to manufacturing breweries, the company produces auxiliary brewing equipment.
The main office and production facilities of Schulz are located in Kyiv. Representative offices are in Krakow, Prague and Moscow. Production facilities of the enterprise allow producing more than 50 sets of breweries per year. Since the company was founded in 2002, it has implemented more than 150 projects in 13 countries.
