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Danone will sell the plant in Smolensk due to the lack of milk in the region and high prices
Net profit Danone in the world has decreased in 2013 to 4.5%.

The group of companies Danone in Russia intends to close its plant in Smolensk in October 2014, as the production of dairy products in the region became unprofitable. ITAR-TASS said a spokesman for the group Olesya Leontiev.

"Danone has decided to sell the plant due to the shortage of raw milk in the region and the high price on it," she said.

Leontiev added that Danone considering selling and equipment, and premises of the Smolensk plant. The cost of the asset is not disclosed.

The design capacity of the dairy plant "Smolensk" is 130 tons of finished products per day, but in early summer, the plant produced 20 tons, and by the autumn of actual production volume fell to 7 tons.

"Smolensk" plant currently produces only curd snacks. The reduction in production will be offset by cabecinha (packaging manufacture to order - approx. amended) glazed cheese at a dairy plant "Preobrazhenie" Domodedovo", - said the press-Secretary of the group Danone in Russia.

Earlier on June 25 GC Danone in Russia has announced its plans to close its dairy plant in Togliatti in September 2014. According to the Director of public Affairs office of the "Volga" of the company Maria Zharkova, the development of the plant in Togliatti was limited to a small area of the object. Guide Danone considered more promising to invest in a dairy plant "samarlakota", in development of which was invested about 1 billion rubles.

Also on July 14, Danone announced the closure of the dairy plant in Novosibirsk and transfer the production to the plant in Kemerovo by September 2014. "The plant in Novosibirsk is located in a small area in close proximity to residential neighborhoods, and the conditions for installation of new lines, increase production, launching modern marginal products are missing," explained Director of public relations Danone-Unimilk in the Siberian Federal district Tatiana Tkachenko.

Net profit Danone in the world has decreased in 2013 to 4.5% relative to 2012 due to fluctuations of the currencies in the Russian and global markets in the fourth quarter. Revenue producer of dairy products for 2013 amounted to $ 21.3 billion euros, which is 2.1% higher than in 2012.

In Russia, Danone has been operating since 1992. In the summer of 2010 it was announced the merger of Danone dairy business in Russia and Russian dairy company Unimilk.

Today the group consists of 22 plants, which produce products under brands such as Danone, "ACTIVIA", Actimel, "Rastishka", "Danissimo", "Prostokvashino", "Biobalance", "Relevant", "Smeshariki", "Subject" and other investments Danone since starting operations in Russia reached $1.6 billion



Translated by the service Yandeks.perevod"
Источники: ИТАР-ТАСС
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