The Koudijs Group of Companies (Koudijs, the Netherlands, a subsidiary of the Dutch Royal De Heus) has launched a plant for manufacturing mineral and vitamin supplements for agricultural animals in the village of Khylchytsi (Lviv region) with an estimated production capacity of 1,500 tonnes of finished products per month, investments in the project amounted to EUR 7.8 million, according to a posting of the website of the Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food.
“The new plant is eight floors of new specialized equipment from the world’s leading companies, automated control systems, an automatic packaging line and robotic technology,” the ministry said.
According to the ministry, the new plant in Ukraine is part of the Koudijs group of companies – an international producer of animal feed, concentrates and premixes, which has more than 90 plants in 60 countries of the world.
The Ukrainian branch of Koudijs Ukraine LLC, in 2020, increased its net profit 1.4 times compared to 2019, to UAH 38.46 million, revenue 1.6 times, to UAH 593 million.
According to the unified public register of legal entities and sole proprietors, the ultimate beneficiaries of Koudijs Ukraine LLC are Hendrik Anthony de Hois (the Netherlands, owns 51% in the charter capital of the company) and Fedir Shopsky (49%).
The company’s website states that the plant’s capacity at the level of 1,500 tonnes of finished products is able to fully meet the needs of Ukrainian livestock and poultry farms. The enterprise will produce mineral and vitamin supplements for the domestic market, but they also could be exported in the future.
“In order for the economy in the state to develop, the authorities must create the necessary conditions for this. Today, we are building roads, improving infrastructure, building schools and sports grounds and opening new powerful enterprises. For example, yesterday, the first innovative seed-breeding center in Western Ukraine was launched in the region, and today we are opening a modern plant for the production of feed,” the Ministry of Agrarian Policy said, citing Head of the Lviv Regional State Administration Maksym Kozytsky.
Feednova LLC, which is a part of Effective Investments Group of Companies, plans to launch in May 2020 a first phase of production of animal fats and feed additives for farm animals and pets in Busk of Lviv region worth $12 million.
As the company’s press service told Interfax-Ukraine, refinery capacity of the first phase will total 130,000 tonnes of raw materials per day. The first phase of the plant will include two production lines.
The launch of the second phase scheduled for February 2021. It will consist of three lines processing 90 tonnes of raw materials per day.
The total capacity of the plant will allow producing 100 tonnes of ready products per day. Investments in two phases are estimated at $20 million.
FeedNova is a modern enterprise that produces feed additives for farm animals and pets.
FeedNova provides services on the collection, transport, preparation and processing of material of animal by-products, which can no longer be used as food for humans.
Effective Investments Group of Companies was founded in 2007. It manages business projects in Ukraine.
