OREANDA-NEWS. January 22, 2010. In response to questions of LETA, ELKO Grupa AS president Egons Mednis provided information about the company's operations last year and now, about the actions made and about products, specifically mentioning the following important information about ELKO Grupa:

1) overall last year turnover of ELKO Grupa AS comparing with the year 2008 have fallen by about 40%. But mentioning, that the precise information about last year financial results will be provided as soon as operational financial data will be summarised.

2) the total costs of the company have been reduced by about 15-20%, while the number of employees by about 10%.

3) the Russian market brings nearly two-thirds of ELKO Grupa incomes.