Ukraine: Sandora LLC is ramping up its facilities

On June 15th, 2009 a new production line was launched at Sandora LLC production plant #2 in Meshkovo-Pogorelovo village.

The line is intended for carbonated soft drinks (CSD) production in 0,5L, 1L, 2L and 2,5L package formats. The capacity of the line is 170 000 000 liters per year or 28 800 bottles per hour. It’s going to be used for the start of the local production of the company’s new product line. The company is also going to launch the second CSD line in the near future. It is expected that after the launch of 2 new lines the facility of the company will increase by 35% and will reach 1 500 000 L per year.

Neil Sturrock, General Manager for Sandora LLC, “New production lines represent just one more step towards the realization of the company strategic development plan, directed at strengthening of our positions at the Ukrainian soft drinks market. We are not going to stop at what has been achieved we always work on our business development offering a wide range of the best quality products to our customers.”

The investments made in the new CSD lines were about $ 40 000 000.