The output is expected to be transferred to the plant in Lipetsk, but the volume of purchases of raw materials in Orel region should be preserved. The company is being sold without piece of equipment and experts say that the plant may not restart.
As told in Danone, the termination of work of the Oryol enterprises should "consolidate production capacity": the output will be moved to the upgraded Lipetsk plant.
"The main reasons for this decision are worn out plant equipment, its low profitability and declining sales, which in the current economic environment does not justify the investment required to bring this production of the site in accordance with the new standards of quality and ecological safety of the company, – have explained in Danone. – Stop Orlovsky dairy plant will not affect the volume of purchases of milk and the supply of finished products in the Orel region and the surrounding regions. Raw materials, as the production will be reassigned to another enterprise of the company in Lipetsk".
In Danone confirmed that the building and the land plot offered for sale with "some equipment"; the value of the assets is not explained.
About the company:
In 1992, Danone has become one of the first Western companies coming to Russian market. On a Central Moscow street was opened the world's only firm shop Danone. And three years later started its first plant of Danone in Russia. In 2013 the Group changed its official name to "the Group of companies Danone in Russia."
Translated by service "Yandex.Translation"
