October 1, 2018 (interfax-UKRAINE) BASF, an international chemical producer, is to
invest EUR 2 million in a new plant that will produce concrete additives in the
town of Obukhiv, Kyiv region, which is to open next spring, Managing Director
(CEO) at BASF Ukraine Andreas Lier has said. "There will be about EUR 2
million in investment. This is our first investment in Ukraine. If it is
successful, we will continue investing in this production. We have already been
present in the Ukrainian market with these products for several years. We have
been importing this product for a long time, but now we've decided we want to
produce it here," Lier told Interfax-Ukraine. BASF's National Development
Manager Oleksandr Ruban says that the plant's production capacity will be
10,000 tonnes of produce per year with the possibility of boosting the output
in future. The plant is scheduled to be launched in March-April 2019.
Production in Ukraine will halve the
price of concrete additives and will also allow the company to significantly
increase its market share. "Now we are bringing all the additives from
abroad, and our share in the market is very small – less than 1%. We plan to
grow up to 10% of the market in the first year," Ruban said in a comment
to the Kyiv-based Interfax-Ukraine news agency. Governor of Kyiv region
Oleksandr Horhan forecasts that the production of the additives at the plant in
Obukhiv will speed up the pace of construction in Kyiv region.
"Kyiv region is the leader in construction.
These additives will make frame-monolithic construction possible amid sub-zero
temperatures, allowing construction all the year round. Now such additives are
available on the market, but they are imported and expensive," Horhan
said.
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