OREANDA-NEWS. November 22, 2007. Russian company Nutritek, which was visited by Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky on November 20, offers to inject $25 million into a technical upgrade of the Volkovysk-based Bellakt Co. The statement to this effect was made by Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nutritek Group Georgy Sazhenov, the Belarusian government press service reports.

"We are ready to take part in the project aimed at modernizing the Volkovysk baby food plant. And we would like this facility to become a structural unit of the Nutritek Group," the top manger noted. When explaining why his company chose Bellakt, Georgy Sazhenov said: "We know this facility well and are satisfied with the quality of raw materials it processes."

The Russian company is ready to invest $25 million in the project. Moreover, Bellakt may make use of all up-to-date engineering developments of the Nutritek Group.

According to Georgy Sazhenov, his company may launch a baby multi-ingredient puree production line in Belarus, lines to produce special products and liquid paste-like baby food. The foodstuffs are expected to be supplied to the market of South-Eastern Asia.

Nutritek is ready to carry out the project within a year, said Georgy Sazhenov.

The Nutritek Group is one of the leading producers of dairy products and the market leading producer of baby foods in Russia. The Group is the only Russian producer of special BMS and clinical nutrition products. Founded in 1990, the Group comprises 14 food production and agricultural facilities in Russia, Ukraine and Estonia. The Group operates two logistics centres and two agricultural holdings. The total processing capacity of the Group’s facilities is over 2,900 tonnes of raw milk per day. The Group has a representative office in Singapore to provide marketing support for the Group’s expansion into the markets of China and Southeast Asian, African and Middle East countries.