Olis (Odesa) has designed and launched a new turnkey cereal processing plant for Tõrvaaugu Mahe Talu (Leibre, Estonia) with a capacity of 24 tons per day, said Dmitry Kisilevsky, deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee on economic development.
“The aggregate groats mill is based on the advanced Optymatik-G-24 technology, which involves processing buckwheat grain into kernels. The production complex also includes aspiration, gravity transport, pneumatic transport, electronics and automation,” he wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.
According to the MP, Olis’ technologists adapted the equipment to the architectural features of the Estonian customer’s production facility and implemented multi-format packaging – from big bags to small packaging.
“To manufacture the equipment for the new cereal mill, Olis took advantage of the state program of affordable loans “5-7-9”, he said.
Kysylevsky added that Olis produces more than 200 types of equipment for processing grain into flour and cereals, cleaning and quality control of grain. The capacity of the groats mills it designs and installs ranges from 15 to 300 tons per day.
The share of exports in the company’s sales is 25%. The level of localization of its equipment is about 75%. The company employs 211 people.
“The program to compensate 25% of the cost of agricultural machinery is already helping the plant to compete in the domestic market with producers from Turkey, China, Switzerland, Poland, and Canada. (…) The opportunity to sell equipment with buyers using government grants for processing (up to UAH 8 million on a co-financing basis) is also relevant for the company. After all, the cheapest cereal processing plant produced by Olis costs from UAH 4 million,” Kysylevsky said in a statement.
According to the company’s website, Olis LLC has been operating in Ukraine for 20 years, developing, manufacturing and installing equipment for grain cleaning, processing and quality control. It has created, among other things, one of the world’s largest grain cleaning drum separators, Luch-300, with a capacity of over 300 tons per hour, which is installed, among others, at the Starokostiantyniv Grain Processing Plant, Transgrainterminal in Chornomorsk, and other enterprises in Ukraine and abroad.
Currently, it exports its products to more than 35 countries: from Canada to Tanzania, from the EU to Central Asia.
According to the Clarity Project, in 2024, the company earned UAH 10.4 million in net profit, compared to UAH 1.4 million in losses last year, with revenue increasing by 53% to UAH 234 million.
The co-founders of Olys LLC are three Odesa-based entrepreneurs – Oleksandr Vereshchynskyi (30%), Oleh Vasyliev, and Larysa Ostapenko (35% each).
In 2024, the ports of Greater Odesa increased their cargo handling by 2.6 times compared to 2023, to 79.9 million tons, while the Danube ports reduced this figure by 1.8 times, to 17.3 million tons, said Oleh Kiper, Head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration.
“In 2024, the ports of the region handled 97+ million tons of cargo, which is 57% more than in 2023. In particular, the ports of Greater Odesa handled 79.9 million tons, and the ports of the Danube – 17.3 million tons,” he said in a statement.
Kiper noted that these were mainly agricultural products destined for different countries of the world.
In addition, he said that during the period of operation of the sea corridor, from August 16, 2023, about 3.5 thousand vessels left the ports of Greater Odesa.
Earlier it was reported that in total, in 2023, the ports of Greater Odesa handled 30.6 million tons of cargo: the port of Chornomorsk – 11.41 million tons, Pivdennyi – 10.8 million tons, Odesa – 8.41 million tons. The sea corridor exported 12.8 million tons of cargo.
In 2023, the Danube ports handled 32 million tons of cargo.
The total cargo turnover of Ukrainian seaports in 2024 reached 97 million tons.
Zezman Holding (Odesa) completed the construction of 15.2 thousand square meters of housing in 2024 and will continue to implement the previously announced residential estates in Uzhhorod and Odesa next year.
“This year, we have taken a bold and strategically important step by expanding our presence from the southern region to the west of Ukraine. We presented two large-scale projects: Lizrome in Uzhhorod, the first residential community in the region that meets the principles of sustainable development, and Gross Liebental cottage community in Odesa agglomeration, designed with a focus on energy autonomy, security and flexibility of housing solutions,” Boris Goldenstein, founder and CEO of Zezman Holding, toldInterfax-Ukraine.
By the end of 2024, the developer completed the construction of two buildings with 357 apartments in the Artville residential complex in Odesa, with a total area of 15.2 thousand square meters. The construction of nine buildings for 1 thousand apartments with a total area of 43.5 thousand square meters is also underway.
According to the company, about 40% of sales are made under the eOselya program, which indicates a high demand for mortgage programs.
“At the same time, we are seeing an increase in demand for ready-made housing, in particular, for renovated apartments that meet the principles of ready to use. This reflects the changing priorities of consumers who are looking for comfort and convenience without spending time and money on repairs,” Zezman Holding said.
Founded in 2013, Zezman Holding has commissioned 13 houses, with another 28 residential buildings at various stages of construction.
On December 6, Odesa Customs announced a tender for compulsory motor third party liability insurance for owners of land vehicles.
According to the electronic public procurement system Prozorro, the expected cost of insurance services is UAH 60 thousand.
The deadline for submitting bids is December 14.
The international chain JYSK opened a new store in Odesa in the Rodos shopping center (1 Genoese St.) on Thursday, the company’s press service told Interfax-Ukraine.
The new store has a retail area of 955 square meters, a warehouse of 216 square meters, and office space of 47 square meters. Like all new JYSK stores, it is built in accordance with the modern 3.0 concept with full spot lighting, convenient arrangement of goods, which will create a comfortable shopping experience, the company said in a statement.
The new store became the 101st store of the chain in Ukraine, which celebrated its 20th anniversary on the Ukrainian market in October. In the financial year 2025, it is planned to open eight more new stores and renovate 12 existing ones.
JYSK is part of the family-owned Lars Larsen Group with more than 3.5 thousand stores in 48 countries.
JYSK’s revenue in the financial year 2023/24 amounted to EUR 5.6 billion.
The Varus chain has opened its fourth store in Odesa (91 Dacha Kovalevskoho Street), the retailer’s press service reports.
The new supermarket has the Varus Home format and was developed for the chain by YUDIN Design studio. The total area of the store is 1050 square meters, of which 622.31 square meters is the sales area, and in addition to standard cash desks, there will be self-service cash desks.
“The Varus Home format is an opportunity for our customers to buy their favorite products in a home atmosphere. The stylish design emphasizes the vector for continuous development and improvement, and it is also designed to make the time spent in the store even more enjoyable,” Anna Luganskaya, Varus Marketing Director, was quoted in the release.
She noted that more and more renovated supermarkets, in addition to a wide range of goods, offer products of their own production. The culinary department offers dozens of meat, vegetarian, diet and seasonal dishes. For lovers of pastries and hot pizza, Varus Cafe offers pizza and bread of its own production. The supermarket also has coffee machines that allow customers to make their own coffee.
Varus is a national supermarket chain represented on the Ukrainian grocery retail market by Omega. Omega’s authorized capital is UAH 111 million 129 thousand, owned by Weigant Enterprises Limited (Cyprus), with Valeriy Kiptyk and Ruslan Shostak as ultimate beneficiaries. In 2023, Omega’s revenue amounted to UAH 17.51 billion, which is 20% higher than in 2022, and net profit amounted to UAH 200 million, which is 69.5% higher than in 2022.
The first store of the chain was opened in 2003 in Dnipro, and the total number of its stores is 109 in different cities of Ukraine and a DarkStore in Kyiv.
The chain operates in several formats: classic supermarkets, To Go stores and the varus.ua conscious shopping service.
