The Cherkizovo group (LSE:CHE, MOEX:GCHE), the largest Russian vertically-integrated company in the sector of production and processing of meat, according about buying a pig in the Lipetsk region with a speaker 2.5 thousand. The transaction value amounted to 250 million rubles.

The new asset will enable the Group Cherkizovo to increase their pig capacity of 52 thousand heads or 6 thousand tonnes of pork in live weight per year. The complex is located in Izmalkovsky district of the Lipetsk region and includes the following sites: the loudspeaker (3 buildings), rearing (1 case) and fattening (7 buildings).

The complex is equipped with modern treatment facilities and meets international environmental standards. All the buildings are equipped with advanced equipment for industrial pig brand Big Dutchman.

In the Lipetsk region, Cherkizovo Group represented by six pig farms full cycle energy 5700 sows each. Buying a new module will contribute to the further growth of the company's business in the region and will provide synergy with other assets of the company in the Lipetsk region.