UHB expand activities in Uzbekistan
Published by Jack Roscoe,
Editorial Assistant
World Fertilizer,
UHB are strengthening the capacity of their Samarkand NPK factory in Uzbekistan by acquiring polypropylene fabric equipment from European manufacturer Klameta as well as big bag production equipment from other countries.
The head of UHB group Kestutis Pakalnis notes, this new line is like a factory within a factory: "As far as we are aware, none of the NPK fertilizer factories in the Baltic countries have such production capabilities, so we are the pioneers producing everything - from the fabric to the final product”.
Since the fertilizer production in Samarkand NPK factory is growing and raw materials are readily available as well as more favourable energy and other costs, for UHB it was a clear decision to launch this line here. Also there is a high demand for this product in the local Asian market.
The factory will employ about 100 local employees assisted by managers and specialists from Lithuania.
Currently the new factory is at a 50% capacity and UHB group experience in efficiency and employee training will have the factory operational at 100% capacity within half a year. This means 400k units per month.
Around 10% of these big bags will be used by UHB group companies, another 40% will meet the demand of the local market in Uzbekistan and the remaining 50% will be sold to industrial companies in the European Union.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldfertilizer.com/project-news/15022024/uhb-expand-activities-in-uzbekistan/
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