On June 25/26, 2019, in the special economic zone "Alabuga" of the Republic of Tatarstan, the "August" company is launching an ultra-modern plant for the production of plant protection chemicals.
JSC "August" is the largest Russian company producing and selling chemical plant protection products for agricultural production, as well as preparations for summer cottages. For many years, the company has been one of the leaders in the domestic pesticide market and has long held primacy in protecting field crops. Implementation of the project in the SEZ “Alabuga” will allow us to take a big step forward in the direction of improving the situation on the domestic market of the Khazrisky Chemical Plant. Today in Russia less than 50% of the preparations necessary for agriculture are produced, most of the pesticides are imported from abroad.
The official opening ceremony of the August-Alabuga plant will be held on June 25, 2019 in the presence of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation on agro-industrial complex, natural resources and ecology Alexey Gordeev. The ceremony will be held by the general director of AO August, Uskov A.M., the general director of AO August-Alabuga, Alin V.L., and the director of the Federal Fund for Industrial Development, Roman Petruts.
The site for this huge enterprise (more than 17,7 thousand square meters of production and storage facilities are located on 45 hectares) was chosen not only because of its convenient geographical location, but also because of the already developed engineering infrastructure. Tax preferences for residents were also taken into account.
The plant was built at the expense of the company "August" (the size of investments - four billion rubles). The investor was also the Federal Fund for Industrial Development, which provided a loan of 500 million rubles.
The foundation stone of August-Alabuga was laid in 2016 by the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, and in May 2019 the plant received a certificate from Rostekhnadzor.
The August-Alabuga production capacity is 50 million liters of finished products and 8 million cans of polymer packaging per year. The company is equipped with advanced equipment of manufacturing companies from Russia, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Japan. A high degree of automation and robotization will ensure the reliability of production, high quality, product safety and compliance with safety regulations. The August-Alabuga enterprise will use the “clean” production methodology, which is also used in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.
One of the main strategic priorities of the enterprise management is environmental protection. Only 233 million rubles were invested in environmental safety during the construction of the plant. When creating the plant was used more than 20 years of experience in existing production sites of the company "August". Quality control at all stages of the production cycle is provided by a well-equipped laboratory.
The need of the Russian market for plant protection products is 160 thousand tons of drugs, and the appearance of the August-Alabuga plant will provide Russian agriculture with highly effective plant protection products. Naturally, the enterprise will fully satisfy the needs of Tatarstan's agricultural producers, which, in addition to preparations, will also receive professional expertise from the specialists of the August company. The company has already created more than 200 new jobs for local residents.
Source: https://agrovesti.net