Croatian Atlantic Grupa manufacturer products will be built in Oryol region its first Russian factory of baby food, said yesterday the press service of the regional government. According to the Governor Vadim Patomskogo, the enterprise will occupy an area of 3 hectares in the industrial Park "Green grove" (Mtsensk district region).

The planned capacity of the first line - about 4 thousand tons of products under the brand Bebi. The start line is planned for the end of 2017. The factory should run four lines with a total capacity of 5.5 thousand tons, said a source familiar with the project. The planned volume of investments - about 2 billion rubles, said Vadim Potomsky. In Atlantic Grupa, declined to comment.

Atlantic Grupa is one of the largest producers in Eastern Europe. In addition to baby food under the brand Bebi produces coffee, soft drinks, confectionery and other goods. Enterprises are Atlantic Grupa in Croatia, Germany, Slovenia, Serbia and Macedonia in 12 countries, sales offices. Revenues in 2015 increased by 5.5% to 5.4 billion Croatian kunas (52,3 billion rubles), net profit by 13.6% to HRK 242,5 million (2.3 billion rubles).

Under the brand Bebi Atlantic Grupa produces more than 85 products, including baby cereal, infant formula, biscuits, juice. In 2015, the baby food had 2.9% of global sales, with the largest market with a share of over 82% was Russia, the annual report of the company. In General, the Russian Federation and CIS countries took 4.4% in the total share of sales of Atlantic Grupa.