The volume of production of plant protection products at the enterprises of a large Russian pesticide manufacturer - company "August" - in 2020 exceeded 44 thousand tons. This is a truly worthy result of work: at the end of the calendar period of 2019, this figure was at the level of 32 thousand tons of products. At the same time, the production of chemical plant protection products (CPPP) necessary for the Russian agroindustry was increased by all three sites of "Augusta": LLC "August-Alabuga in the Republic of Tatarstan, the branch of JSC Firm" August "" Vurnarsky plant of mixed preparations "(VZSP) in the Chuvash Republic and CJSC "August-Bel" in the Republic of Belarus.
“At the August-Alabuga enterprise, the volume of products produced in 2020 exceeded three times the indicators of 2019,” says Sergey Alemaskin, Production Director of Firm “August” JSC. - Of course, 2019 was a "start-up" year for our new and most modern plant, and the specialists of the "August" company, all of its factories did a difficult job of debugging production processes and operations. In 2020, the enterprise in Tatarstan confidently entered the constant serial production of large-capacity products. At our very first production site, the Vurnarskiy plant of mixed preparations, the volume of production also increased - even though the production of a number of CPPPs was transferred to August-Alabuga. At the same time, the range of drugs produced at VZSP in 2020 remained wider than at other plants of the company. The mode of operation of an enterprise with a wide range of pesticide products requires more transitions from the production of one drug to another, with the need for a significant number of flushes of production equipment. In addition to the production of drugs measured in millions of liters, VZSP also successfully works with relatively small batches of plant protection products that customers need in a limited amount. It is here that a significant number of drugs are produced in small-format packaging for personal subsidiary farms. In total, the Vurnarsky plant in 2020 produced 22,7 thousand tons of products against 18 thousand tons in 2019. Positive dynamics is also observed at our company "August-Bel" in the Republic of Belarus. The production of new drugs often begins at this site, and the products manufactured here are largely export-oriented. Like VZSP, it is an enterprise with a wide range of products, the production of which is facilitated by the high qualifications and responsibility of its employees. "
The enterprises of the company "August" in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus completed 2020 with the following indicators in terms of production:
- LLC "August-Alabuga": 10,6 million liters;
- Branch of JSC Firm "August" "VZSP": 22,7 million liters (thousand tons);
- CJSC "August-Bel": 10,7 million liters (thousand tons).
Also in 2020, the "Augusta" plant for the synthesis of active substances - active ingredients for plant protection products - began to manufacture products in China. This joint venture, Hubei Avgust Pesticide Co., had produced more than 2020 tons of fungicides by the end of 1000: about 300 tons of propiconazole and over 900 tons of tebuconazole. The main part of the production is intended for delivery to the factories of "Augusta" in Russia and the Republic of Belarus. Currently, work is underway to introduce a third product into production - metamitron. It is a herbicide that is used to protect fodder, table and sugar beets from weeds, and its use is very important for Russia and the CIS countries, where large areas are traditionally laid under sugar beets. It is planned that in January of this year, the first pilot batch of this herbicide will be shipped to the August company. The joint venture is also working to further develop its production capacity. At the industrial site of the joint venture, the construction of production shops of the second stage of the plant is being completed, work is underway to create two new technological lines, which will be prepared for operation this spring.