The American company Amsted Rail intends to open the production of bearings and components for railcars in Lviv. According to the press service of the Lviv Regional Military Administration, this was announced today at a meeting with the head of the LOVA Maxim Kozitsky, Amsted Rail global business director Eric Luhmann.
“We intend to open the production of bearings and components for cars in Lviv. This can be either the construction of a plant or cooperation with a company that is already operating on the market,” the press service of the Lviv Regional Military Administration quoted Luman as saying.
According to Luman, the company is now looking for a territory, a warehouse of one of the factories in the Lviv region, in order to transfer equipment there.
As stated in the press service, Amsted Rail plans to “return to the Ukrainian market part of the railway components, the production of which ceased due to the Russian invasion.”
“The Lviv region is ready to work with international partners – the favorable location of the region will allow everyone who wants to work in the region to cooperate with Europe. I am sure that the cooperation between Amsted Rail and the plant in the Lviv region,” the press service quotes the words of the head of LOV Maxim Kozitsky.
According to the Lviv OVA, Amsted Rail has been operating in Ukraine since 2004 and manufactures products related to the road industry.
The production of beer in Ukraine (except for non-alcoholic beer with an alcohol content of up to 0.5%) in January-August 2022 decreased by 31.6% compared to the same period in 2021, to 83.9 million decalitres, according to Ukrpyvo.
At the same time, it is indicated that a gradual recovery in the industry is recorded after a 50% drop in the production of this drink in the first quarter due to the Russian invasion and the shutdown of some of the country’s breweries. Thus, according to the results of the first four months of this year, the fall was 42.8% compared to the same period last year, January-May – 36.4%, January-June – 32%, January-July and January-August – 31.6%.
According to Ukrpyvo, the restoration of malt production is recorded. So, after a fall in the first quarter of 2022 by 40.8% and a sharp reduction in June by 50.6%, already in January-August, the rate of decline in production decreased to 22.5% from January-August 2021. During this period, 108,380 tonnes of malt were produced.
As reported, in 2021 Ukraine produced 5% less beer compared to 2020 – 170.5 million decalitres, and in 2020 its production decreased by 0.4% compared to 2019 – to 179.7 million decalitres.
A large Ukrainian manufacturer of corrugated cardboard – Poninkovskaya Cardboard and Paper Factory-Ukraine (“PKBF-Ukraine”, Khmelnytsky region) produced products worth UAH 1 billion 526 million in January-August, which is 12.2% more than in the same period of 2021 of the year.
According to the statistics of the UkrPapir association provided to the Interfax-Ukraine agency, in physical terms, the factory reduced the production of containerboard (including corrugating paper) by 19.2% – to 48.3 thousand tons, and by 17.6% corrugated boxes from it – up to 43.1 million square meters. m.
At the same time, paper production increased by 72% – up to 381 tons.
At the same time, in August, the production of corrugated packaging by the factory decreased by 9% compared to August 2021, to 6.9 million square meters. m, paper and cardboard – by 2%, up to 8.1 thousand tons.
The Ponikovskaya Factory (formerly the Ponikovsky Cardboard and Paper Mill), once the largest manufacturer of school notebooks, currently has one main production – paper and cardboard, mainly produces corrugated packaging, as well as wrapping, waste paper.
The factory is part of the United Cardboard Company-Ukraine (UCC, Lutsk), whose production assets include, in particular, Lutsk KBF-Ukraine (Volyn region), which reduced the production of cardboard by 22% in January-August – to 33, 4 thousand tons.
As reported with reference to data collected by the association from industry companies, in January-August, taking into account the fact that a number of enterprises in the industry were either destroyed or damaged or located in the occupied territory, the production of paper and cardboard in Ukraine decreased by 43.2% compared to with the same period last year – up to 336.7 thousand tons, corrugated packaging – by 42.2%, up to 282.3 million square meters. m.
Cardboard and Paper Company LLC (Lviv), a major Ukrainian manufacturer of cardboard sleeves and sanitary and hygienic products, in January-August increased its production by 44.2% compared to the same period in 2021 – up to 724, UAH 94 million
According to the statistics of the UkrPapir Association, provided to the Interfax-Ukraine agency, the company thus maintains an increase in this indicator (more than 44%) compared to the same period last year (according to the results of 7 months, it was 44.7%).
In pack terms, the company increased the output of base paper for sanitary products by 8.5% to 4.8 thousand tons, while increasing the output of toilet paper in rolls by 42.8% to 2.65 million pieces.
The output of cardboard products increased by 2.7% – up to 17.8 thousand tons.
At the same time, in August, the factory increased the production of paper and cardboard by 23% compared to August 2021 – up to 3.16 thousand tons.
As reported with reference to the statistics of UkrPapir, the factory continued to work all months from the beginning of the year, reducing the production of paper and cardboard in March (by March 2021), but in April it already switched to positive dynamics, which it maintained in the following months.
Cardboard and Paper Company (until 2011 – Lvivkartonoplast) produces products and semi-finished products from recycled cardboard (cardboard sheets, corners, sleeves), cellulose and recycled waste paper (toilet paper, towels, napkins (TM Papero).
In 2021, the company produced products worth UAH 782.7 million, which is 47% more than a year earlier.
Zhydachevsky Pulp and Paper Mill (ZhTsBK, Lviv region), which is part of the Osnova holding, in January-August 2022 increased its production by 30.1% compared to the same period in 2021, to UAH 333.47 million.
According to the statistics provided to the Interfax-Ukraine agency by the UkrPapir Association, thus, following the results of eight months, the plant slightly slowed down the growth rate of this indicator compared to the same period last year (for six months it was 40%, for seven – 35, one%)
In real terms, the production of corrugated boxes continues to maintain stable positive dynamics, having increased by a third – up to 12.7 million square meters. m. At the same time, the output of containerboard (including corrugated paper) decreased by 9.3% to 8.6 thousand tons.
At the same time, a significant reduction in the production of paper remains – by 38.4%, to 2.75 thousand tons.
As reported, in January-August, taking into account the fact that a number of enterprises in the industry were either destroyed or damaged or located in the occupied territory, the production of paper and cardboard decreased by 43.2% compared to the same period last year – to 336, 7 thousand tons, corrugated packaging – by 42.2%, up to 282.3 million square meters. m.
At the same time, the largest Ukrainian manufacturer of corrugated packaging, Rubezhsky CPC, was damaged and stopped, but its subsidiary in the Kyiv region, the Trypilsky Packaging Plant, continues to work. According to UkrPapir, in eight months it produced products worth UAH 1.31 billion, and corrugated packaging produced 78.5 million square meters. m (the second indicator after the Kyiv KBK).
ZhPPM with the beginning of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, like many enterprises in the industry, suspended work due to a break in supply chains and a danger to employees. However, production was resumed in March.
According to the association, another plant in the structure of the holding “Osnova” – Izmail pulp and cardboard (Odessa region) in January-August increased the volume of marketable products by 6.5% – up to UAH 148.7 million. In physical terms, the output of containerboard decreased by one third to 5.4 thousand tons, corrugated packaging by 44%, to 7.7 million square meters. m.
Kokhavinskaya paper mill (KBF, Lviv region), which produces sanitary and hygienic paper products (TM “Kokhavinka”), in January-August 2022, produced products worth UAH 601.5 million, which is 40% more than in the same period of 2021 of the year.
According to the statistics of the association “UkrPapir”, provided to the agency “Interfax-Ukraine”, thus, the factory has practically retained the rate of increase in production volumes, recorded for seven months (40.1%).
In natural terms, the production of base paper for sanitary and hygienic products increased by 3% – up to 27.3 thousand tons.
At the same time, the production of toilet paper in rolls increased by 16.4% – up to 87.2 million pieces, which remains the second largest indicator after the Kyiv KBK (221.6 million pieces).
In general, the main enterprises of the industry during this period produced 383.5 million rolls (-16.8% compared to January-August 2021).
KBF, which has been operating since 1939, produces base paper for sanitary and hygienic products, as well as toilet paper and paper towels. The capacity of paper machines is 19 thousand tons per year, processing equipment is 90 million rolls per year.
The factory has practically not stopped production since the beginning of this year.
KBF in 2021, according to UkrPapir, increased the volume of production of marketable products by 13% compared to 2020 – up to UAH 673.7 million. Net profit decreased by 29% – to UAH 60 million.
