Yekaterinburg to Get Danone Plant

January 15, 2015. Danone, the transnational dairy foods giant, might close down its Russia-based plants in the long term in case the country’s economy keeps on deteriorating, TASS refers to Bernard Ducros, CEO and Vice President of Fresh Dairy Products Division in Russia and CIS countries, as saying. ‘We are not planning to close down the plants for the time being, but, naturally, it will all depend on the market situation, which could get very difficult,’ M. Ducros said. According to his estimates, all of Danone’s Russia-based plants should still be operating for at least another one or two

The Federal Antimonopoly Service started an investigation of the state of affairs at the country’s dairy market. The spokesperson for the Service reports that Russia’s six largest milk and dairy products makers (UNIMILK, Campina, Wimm Bill Dann, DANONE, Ehrmann, and Parmalat), whose joint share of the Russian market comes to more than 60%, were requested to provide the authorities with data on their production and sales volumes, their transfer prices, prime costs and profitability over the last two years. The Federal Antimonopoly Service is going to use these data to decide whether these

September 12, 2014. Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob took part in the reopening ceremony of Yekaterinburg Dairy Plant 1 on August 11. The plant specializes in baby food production. Yakob pointed out that the renovated plant will be able to rely on its own resources when making dairy foods for babies and children. Thanks to this, it will be possible to go on with the import replacement program. ‘Following a reconstruction, Yekaterinburg Dairy Plant 1 turned into a modern baby food-producing facility that meets all the highest international quality standards. It is also unique in

First Dairy Company Ltd. and UniMilk Holding are going to sign a purchasing agreement concerning Municipal Milk Plant of Nizhniy Tagil before the end of December 2006. According to the spokesperson from Sverdlovsk Region Ministry of Food and Agriculture, the plant in question has been idle for about a year, whereas its capacity is estimated at up to 100 tons of produce daily.

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service looked into the application of one of Russia’s major dairy foods producer regarding the acquisition of a 98.31% shareholding in Kungursky dairy plant and allowed the purchase to take place.