Milkiland started hard cheese production at its Polish-based subsidiary LLC Ostrowia. The first cheese under Ostrowia brand will be available for Polish consumers on July 1.<\/p>\n
The plant will produce hard and processed cheese under traditional Ostrowia brand, including of Gouda, Ementaler, Maasdamer, Tyl\u017cycki types for\u00a0the\u00a0Polish\u00a0market and under Milkiland brand for exports to Russia and Ukraine, where the Group\u2019s products has been very popular for years, as well as to\u00a0the\u00a0EU\u00a0countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are happy to expand our product portfolio with hard cheese and propose it\u00a0to\u00a0Polish customers under revitalized Ostrowia brand\u201d<\/i>,commented Robert\u00a0Mrozi\u0144ski, CEO, Milkiland EU.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter Ostrowia acquisition, we were hoping for growth in its natural segments, and\u00a0Milkiland investments to modernize the plant perfectly prepared it for the production of hard cheeses. The plant\u2019s production capacity after the reconstruction is now 15,000 tons of hard cheese and 7,000 tons of processed cheese per year.<\/i><\/p>\n
With\u00a0cheese production launched, Ostrowia applies for export licenses to supply cheese to the\u00a0Russian and Ukrainian markets.<\/i><\/p>\n
In line with Milkiland\u2019s creed as a social responsible business, we were happy to\u00a0contribute to the development of local community of Ostr\u00f3w Mazowiecka town by\u00a0creating of more than 100 local jobs at Ostrowia\u201d, he also added.<\/i><\/p>\n
Comment by Anatoliy Yurkevych, CEO, Milkiland N.V.
\n\u201cWe are close to accomplishing one of our major tasks for 2013 \u2013 establishing of full scale hard cheese operations at Ostrowiain order to diversify our product offering to\u00a0the CIS and EU consumers.<\/i><\/p>\n
After the reconstruction, Ostrowia meets all the requirements of the Russian and\u00a0Ukrainian veterinary authorities and we hope to\u00a0extend our exports to these countries after the required licenses are received.\u201d<\/p>\n
After integrating Ostrowia in 2012, Milkiland also significantly improved its positions in dry milk products (ingredients) segment, since Ostrowia is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for production of WPC-80 and permeate. The plant is the only producer of WPC-80 in\u00a0Poland. Those products are mostly exported to\u00a0EU\u00a0countries, including Germany and Holland.<\/p>\n
About Milkiland\u00a0Group<\/b><\/p>\n
Milkiland Group is a TOP-5 CIS diversified dairy producer operating in Russia, Ukraine and Poland, offering a\u00a0wide range of dairy products such as fresh dairy, cheese and butter, to\u00a0satisfy consumers in\u00a0their everyday needs for healthy and tasty foods.<\/p>\n
In Russia, the Group produces fresh dairy products at Moscow-based OJSC \u201cOstankino Dairy Combine\u201d and sells under Ostankinskaya brand. Also, Dobryana Ukrainian cheese is\u00a0sold in the most Russian regions.<\/p>\n
In Ukraine, the Group operates 10 plants and offers a wide range of\u00a0fresh dairy, cheese and butter under Dobryana and Kolyada brands.<\/p>\n
In Poland, Milkiland Group controls LLC \u201cOstrowia\u201d, the\u00a0cheese production plant located in in Ostr\u00f3w Mazowiecka town of\u00a0Masovian Voevodship of the country.<\/p>\n
Milkiland N.V. is a Dutch holding company of the Milkiland Group. Milkiland Ukraine and Milkiland EU are the 100% subsidiary company of Milkiland N.V., which control the\u00a0Group\u2019s business in Ukraine and Poland subsequently.<\/p>\n
Milkiland exports dairy products to over 30 countries.<\/p>\n
Shares of Milkiland N.V. are listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since December, 6, 2010.<\/p>\n