“We want to make our own base for the production of chips, as well as potato flakes, from which we make mashed potatoes; now we buy them on the side. In fact, we want to make our own vegetable processing center. But these are plans, ”said Sergey Eremin, director of the Mareven Food Central LLC plant in Serpukhov (Moscow Region).
In addition, Rollton will launch two new instant noodle production lines in the third quarter.
“We paid for them last year (two new lines - ed.), now they are being installed, we plan to launch them in the near future. Instant noodles will be produced - productivity will increase by more than 20 million packages per month, ”Eremin said.
On average, the cost of such a line is about 3 million euros, in this case equipment from Japan and China is involved, he specified.
“We started with three lines, now we have 13 lines for the production of pasta, the volume of production (for 25 years since the launch of the enterprise - ed.) has grown 3 times,” said Eremin.
In general, over the past year, the company has produced about 2 billion pieces (packages) of finished products, the plans are for an annual increase of 3-5%. According to the results of the first half of 2023, the output in annual terms has already increased; about 80% of the raw materials used are of domestic production, he specified.