LLC “Cardboard and Paper Company” (Lviv), a major Ukrainian manufacturer of cardboard sleeves and sanitary products, in January-July 2023 increased its output by 21.2% to UAH 746.83 million compared to the same period of 2022.
According to the statistical data provided to Interfax-Ukraine by UkrPapir Association, in physical terms the company increased the output of cardboard products by 2.6% to 15.7 thousand tons, and of base paper for sanitary-hygienic products by 4.1% to 4.3 thousand tons. The output of toilet paper in rolls increased by 42% to 3.3 million pieces.
At the same time in July the company increased the output of paper and cardboard by 4.3% compared to the same month last year – up to 3.3 thousand tons, which is also 30% more than in June this year.
“Cardboard and Paper Company” produces products and semi-finished products from waste paperboard (cardboard sheets, corners, sleeves), pulp and recycled waste paper (toilet paper, towels, napkins TM Papero). The company supplies its products to EU countries, among others.
Among its customers are Biosphere, Arterium, Nestle, Hlebprom, and Yarich.
As reported, in 2022, the factory, without suspending work during the year, increased the volume of marketable products by 51.5% compared to 2021 – up to 1 billion 186 million UAH. Net profit tripled to UAH 263.7 mln.
Ukrainian bus manufacturer Cherkassy Buses JSC will supply 79 school buses to Lviv Regional State Administration for UAH 234.216 mln by the end of this year, while the expected purchase amount is UAH 238.6 mln.
According to information in Prozorro, the relevant contract was signed by the parties on July 25.
In the scope of delivery – eight buses designed for the transportation of immobile schoolchildren (with one or two seats for them).
“Cherkassy Bus” was the only participant of the procurement procedure. It offered Ataman buses manufactured in 2023 (localization degree – more than 65%), with a diesel engine, Euro 5 environmental standard.
As reported, the subvention from the state budget to local budgets for the purchase of school buses in 2023 amounted to UAH 1 billion, including Lviv region was allocated UAH 80.605 million.
School buses are purchased on the condition of co-financing from the state budget and local budgets. At the same time, the buses are purchased through the procedure of request for quotation in the electronic catalog Prozorro Market (a systematized database of actual offers of goods of suppliers).
As a result of the procurement, several regions of Ukraine will also receive Ataman buses (in particular, Ivano-Frankivsk and Mykolayiv regions), with the buses being offered by Cherkasy Bus dealers.
Lviv Regional State Administration purchased 126 Ataman school buses for more than UAH 300 mln in 2022.
Founded in 1994, Cherkassky Bus plant produces small class buses, as well as other wheeled vehicles on the units of Japanese Isuzu.
In 2022, the plant increased its net profit by almost 2.9 times to UAH 65.02m, while net income grew by 32.5% to UAH 842.29m.
LLC “Cardboard and Paper Company” (Lviv), a major Ukrainian manufacturer of cardboard sleeves and sanitary products, in January-June 2023 increased its output by 27.4% to UAH 638.79 mln. in comparison with the same period of 2022.
According to the statistical data of UkrPapir Association provided to Interfax-Ukraine, in physical terms the company increased the output of cardboard products by 2.3% – up to 13.1 thousand tons, paper-base for sanitary-hygienic products by 4.2% – up to 3.6 thousand tons. At the same time, the output of toilet paper in rolls increased by 35.3%, amounting to 2.8 million pieces.
Meanwhile, in June, the company reduced the output of paper and cardboard by almost 16% compared to the same month last year – to 2.53 thousand tons, which is also 29.5% less than in May this year.
“Cardboard and paper company” produces products and semi-finished products from waste paperboard (cardboard sheets, corners, sleeves), pulp and recycled waste paper (toilet paper, towels, napkins TM Papero). The company supplies its products to EU countries, among others.
Among its customers are Biosphere, Arterium, Nestle, Hlebprom, and Yarich.
As reported, in 2022, the factory, without suspending work during the year, increased the volume of marketable products by 51.5% compared to 2021 – up to 1 billion 186 million UAH. Net profit tripled to UAH 263.7 mln.
A study of the prospects for EU rail links with Ukraine and Moldova provides a basis for launching a project to use European gauge railway gauges on key lines, the European Commission (EC) has said.
The study was published on Tuesday by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB).
“The construction of the first European rail gauge in Ukraine and Moldova, which will connect their railroads with Poland and Romania, will bring these countries closer to the EU single market. With this study, we are laying the groundwork for long-term solutions, supporting Ukraine in its trade and recovery,” said Adina Velian, EC Member for Transport.
The conformity of the railroad lines of Ukraine and Moldova to the European standard of gauge, she said, will also improve conditions for citizens of these countries to travel to Europe.
The study suggests that the European gauge on the lines to Lviv and Chisinau should be implemented “as a first step to improve communication between Poland and Ukraine, as well as between Romania and Moldova”.
The study also assesses how the new European standard gauge lines will interact with the rest of the rail network in these countries, where broad gauge will continue to be used, the EC communiqué said.
Ministry of Health has dismissed the rector of the Lviv National Medical University Boris Zimenkovsky.
According to the Ministry of Health, Orest Chemeris, vice-rector for scientific and pedagogical (medical) work of the university, doctor of medical sciences in surgery, became the acting rector.
“In the near future, the new acting rector is entrusted with the preparation and conduct of the competition to fill the vacant position of rector of the Lviv NMU. Also among the priorities in the post: the development of the concept of the University Hospital and the preparation of the medical institution for the conclusion of contracts for medical services to the population under the Program of medical guarantees”, – noted the department.
In addition, the Ministry of Health said that among the priorities will be to ensure coordination of the implementation of the construction of a new rehabilitation center for reconstructive surgery. The center project is implemented within the framework of an agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Austria on economic cooperation on the basis of the First Medical Association in Lviv.
As it was reported, at the end of June the Ministry of Healthcare formed a commission for evaluation of the situation that has developed at Lviv National Medical University during the assignment of students for internship. The commission considered “numerous complaints of students of this university concerning the procedure of allocation to internship in general”.
Earlier, students of the Lviv National University published on social networks information about the problems during the placement of students in internships, as well as video recordings of the June 19 meeting of the commission with the statements of the university administration, which students described as inappropriate.
Industrial park “Mostyskiy Dry Port” (Lviv region) is planning to invest EUR3 mln in logistics and communications development by the end of the year. For these purposes it has leased 35 ha of land near the junction of railway tracks near the railway station “Mostyska-1”, project manager Viktor Dovgan said.
“We understand that the economic integration of Ukraine and the European Union will deepen. (…) As it does not sound cynical given the recent restrictions on imports from Ukraine to Poland, but we believe that Poland is a strategic partner. Trade, logistical disputes will arise. But, for this reason they are partners, to solve them quickly, as it happened with transit, “- Dovgan explained the choice of the location of the hub at the conference organized by UkraineInvest.
According to him, “Mostyskiy dry port” will be a combination of dry port and industrial park. Its potential residents should be relocated enterprises from the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine, focused on exports to the EU.
“The newly built logistics hub will allow them to produce, pack, bottle and export their goods”, – said Dovgan.
Two major residents have already expressed their interest in the project. The first of them – a major oil trader – will soon begin building tanks for the transshipment of petroleum products. The second resident, according to the signed preliminary agreement, will be an agricultural holding, which will export agricultural products. Accordingly, it will build storage silos.
Currently, the company is looking for a third resident, for the needs of which it is ready to build both production and open storage of coal and ore. The third cluster will focus on the needs of the client, the project manager explained.
According to Dougan, the industrial park has drawn up a long-term lease for 35 hectares of industrial land. The company plans to purchase it from the local community next year, subject to the loading capacity of 50%.
By the end of 2023, EUR3 million will be invested in the construction of the hub, which will be used to lengthen the broad and narrow branches of the railroad tracks.
“The land is suitable for the station, but we understand that we need to separate the branches of the wide and narrow track. From the highway M11 (it is planned) to take the road, level it, conduct excavation work; to bring in at the first stage 5 MW of electricity, as well as provide more necessary communications for the residents, “- said Dovgan.
He added that the hub will prepare the site for construction with all the communications, and residents themselves will build tanks for diesel, silos for grain or warehouses for containers.
