KYIV. June 15 (Interfax-Ukraine) – An-132D multipurpose plane-demonstrator built in Ukraine as part international cooperation will be first presented to mainstream international audience at the 52nd Le Bourget 2017 Air Show to take place in Paris on June 19 through June 25.
The press service of Antonov State Enterprise reported on Tuesday that new An-132D will take part in the demonstration program of the show and will be exhibited to potential buyers at the planeside.
An-132D multipurpose plane-demonstrator with a carrying capacity of 9.2 tonnes is modification of light transport An-32 aimed to replace An-32 and An-26 on the market.
Antonov is implementing the program under a contract signed in April 2015 with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and Taqnia Aeronautics Co. The plane is being built with participation of leading western manufacturers: Pratt & Whitney Canada, CMC Electronics (Canada), U.S. Honeywell, France’s Liebherr and Britain’s Dowty Propellers.
The assembly of the plane-demonstrator was finished at Antonov’s facilities in December 2016. In March 2016, the plane successfully completed its first flight.
KYIV. June 15 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) could provide a loan of up to PLN 200 ($53.5 million) to Poland’s multi-layer floorboards producer Barlinek, a leader in Europe, for the expansion of its production capacities in Ukraine and energy efficiency investments in Poland.
According to a report of the EBRD on its website, the project will be discussed by the EBRD board on July 18, 2017.
The EBRD funding will be used to finance investments into the expansion of wooden multi-layer floorboard production capacities.
Barlinek Invest LLC, a subsidiary of Barlinek S.A. under ultimate control of Michal Solowow, will receive the funds.
As reported, Barlinek Group in 2007 launched a wooden three-layer floorboard production facility with the financial assistance of the EBRD for $75 million. The annual capacity of the facility is 2 million square meters of products.
In 2013, Barlinek decided to shut down the wood processing plant in Kosiv (Zakarpattia region), as attempts to optimize operations using different options failed to be successful.
Barlinek owns production facilities in Poland, Ukraine and Romania with a total annual capacity of 9,000 square meters.
KYIV. June 15 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Rezidor Hotel Group, the world operator of hotel business with a head office in Brussels, intends to build a Radisson Blu hotel in Odesa, an informed source has told Interfax-Ukraine.
This was stated by Radisson Blu Regional Director for Ukraine and Georgia Claude Bulte at a closed event in Kyiv on June 12.
According to Bulte, the Radisson Blu hotel will be built on the site of the Seamen’s Palace in Prymorsky Boulevard in the eponymous district of Odesa. All formalities regarding the purchase of the corresponding land plot have already been completed.
At the same time, Rezidor Hotel Group neither confirmed nor denied the information, citing the fact the negotiation process is ongoing. The agency has so far failed to receive comments from Bulte.
According to the Radisson Blu website, on June 14, 2017 the network in Ukraine was represented by three hotels, two of which in Kyiv and one in Bukovel (Polianytsia village, Ivano-Frankivsk region).
Rezidor Hotel Group is part of Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, which in 115 countries manages and develops more than 1,440 hotels under the brands of Quorvus Collection, Radisson Blu, Radisson, Radisson Red, Park Plaza, Park Inn by Radisson and Country Inns & Suites By Carlson.
KYIV, June 15 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Japan’s government has started working on cancelling visas for Ukrainian citizens, MP Leonid Yemets of the People’s Front faction reported.
“We’ve scheduled a diplomatic trip of a delegation of the Ukraine-Japan inter-parliamentary group for the day of the launch of the visa-free regime [with the EU] with a specific goal of extending the list of countries with the visa-free regime to include the friendly Japan… The Cabinet of Ministers of Japan has started to work on the issue of cancelling visas for Ukrainians. The parliaments promised to assist in every possible way,” Yemets wrote on Facebook.
He said it was too early to talk about a specific timeframe, but they were working so that Ukrainians could visit the 2020 Tokyo Olympics without visas.
Considering CUFTA will come into force in summer 2017, Canadian divisions of global retailers – Walmart, Sobeys, Metro, Farm Boy, Loblaw, – expressed interest in sourcing Ukrainian goods.As follow-up to negotiations with Canadian retailers in Toronto on May 30-31, Export Promotion Center at ULIE has started search for appropriate suppliers.
Canadian divisions of global retailers – Walmart, Sobeys, Metro, Farm Boy, Loblaw and etc. – got interested in sourcing Ukrainian goods to the supermarket shelves in Canada. The point concerning demand for supply of Ukrainian foods and consumer goods was agreed between representative of ULIE and retailers’ buyers at Store 2017 – the famous conference of local retailers – on May 30-31, Toronto.
As a result of negotiations, the research campaign for Ukrainian producer, ready for exporting to Canadian supermarkets, was started. It was announced by Mr. Denys Krasnikov, Vice President at the ULIE and coordinator of Export Promotion Center at the ULIE.
According to Denys Krasnikov, the Canadian chains are interested in suppling Ukrainian honey, sunflower oil, walnuts, canned vegetables, garlic, tomato paste, macaroni products, canned peas and other pulses, textile and cosmetics. Ukrainian goods will be sold under private label brand of Canadian retailers that won’t require any considerable expenses for marketing.
Mr. Denys Krasnikov also noted the fruitful negotiations with IKEA-Canada concerning furniture products and its sales on the biggest online sites. The representatives of this famous furniture brand highly estimated quality of Ukrainian furniture and expressed readiness to order Ukrainian furniture on private label basis.
Through negotiations with President of Staples Canada, the potential cooperation with Ukrainian producers of stationery was discussed.
The point about elimination of Ukraine-Canada export barriers was also debated at the common meeting, involving Mr. Denys Krasnikov, Vice President at the ULIE and coordinator of Export Promotion Center at the ULIE, Diane J. Brisebois, President & CEO at Retail Council of Canada David Wilkes, Senior Vice President of Government relations and grocery division. Principally this point is foreseen to occur in relation to CUFTA that will come into force in summer 2017.
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The Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ULIE) is the largest association of industrial companies and manufacturers of Ukraine of all forms and types. The league has 28 regional offices; more than 100 specialized associations are among its´ partners. The ULIE is represented at the headquarter of Business Europe in Brussels, as well as in other countries.
The Export Promotion Center was created like a structure division of the ULIE with the aim of uniting and supporting domestic producers as also promoting export infrastructure of Ukraine (http://www.uspp-export.com/ua/).
KYIV. June 14 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Nestle Ukraine in 2017 started exporting chocolate bars under the Lion brand to Brazil, Exports and Imports Director at Nestle in Ukraine Volodymyr Spivak said at a press conference in Lviv on Monday.
“We produce products under the Lion brand for Nestle in Brazil at Svitoch factory. We have several projects with other countries to be launched soon. These are three or four countries, including European ones,” he said.
Spivak said that chocolate bars under the Boci brand are also made at Svitoch confectionary factory.
“Most of bars are similar to Svitoch chocolate. The bars are made under the local brand Boci. This year we will be the main manufacturer for Hungary. The Svitoch confectionary factory has been selling Boci to Hungary since 2016. We have arranged the expansion of the range of products and items,” he said.
He said that Nestle Ukraine mainly exports quick cooking noodles, and over 50% of it made in Ukraine is exported.
“Ukrainian consumers know it under the Mivina brand. Similar products are sold in over 20 countries. Our factory in Kharkiv makes products under the Maggi brand for other Nestle markets,” Spivak said.
Nestle Ukraine also exports its products under the Winiary brand.
“We make it in Ukraine, and Nestle Poland sells red sauces under the Winiary brand. As for total production the share of exports is small,” he said.
Switzerland’s Nestlе started operating in Ukraine in 1994 when it opened a representative office. The company markets the following international brands: NESCAFÉ, Nesquik, Nuts, Friskies, KitKat, and others.
