March 4 2008, 17:14

Belarus: Glubokskiy cannery will launch a new line for canned green pea production in 2008

Opened JSC "Glubokskiy cannery" (Vitebskaya region) will launch a new line for canned green pea production in 2008, the enterprise informed Interfax.

"There is a plan to launch the line for green pea processing by July of the current year", the specialists of the enterprise informed. "A part of the equipment is already under manufacturing, the rest of equipment is in the process of ordering now". The supplier will be Croatian engineering company.

The specialists of the enterprise specified that a new line will replace the out-of-date equipment. As soon as the line is launched, the plant processing capacity will increase from 1 ton/hour up to 4 tons/hour. The product may be packed to tins of various volume and glass jars with twist-off lid.

The equipment will cost around EUR 2 mln. The project is financed by means of the Republican and regional budgets, loans and own assets of the enterprise.

New press equipment for concentrated apple juice production will also be installed in this workshop. "We will be able to increase the output of this product and to save resources by means of more advanced technology", the interviewees added.

The enterprise also starts to implement the project of the cannery workshop reconstruction. "The project documentation for the construction of the vegetable processing module will be completed soon", the specialists said.

Opened JSC "Glubokskiy cannery" specializes on the production of canned fruits and vegetables. At the present moment the plant produces the assortment of around 150 items.