New equipment from HeemHorst will let Almaty Kus OJSC (Kazakhstan) produce more than 420 tons of mixed fodder

/IRBIS, Oct 17, 01/ - Almaty Kus OJSC (Chapaevo, Almaty region; production and sales of poultry goods), whose shares and bonds are trades at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) within official list of the securities under category "A", informed the agency IRBIS that thanks to new equipment from HeemHorst, Kapshagai mixed fodder plant, which is the part of the company, will be able to produce more than 420 tons of mixed fodder a day. It is said that Almaty Kus OJSC selected this Holland company as the supplier, since HeemHorst is one of the world leaders in modernization of fodder production facilities and has more than 200 years of experience. This company supplies equipment to plants in Belgium, Italy, Portugal, China, Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria, Thailand, Ukraine and Philippines. HeemHorst specializes on the manufacturing and setup of highly effective and economical equipment that makes it possible to conduct all necessary processes, from dosing and granulating to mixing and controlling. Such line will be installed at Kapshagai plant. Apart from production capacity and universal characteristics, this equipment has an important advantage. HeemHorst will completely computerize all production cycle at the plant and thus, mixed fodder production at Kapshagai, which was in decline recently, will renew and become more technologically innovative, is said. Almaty Kus OJSC plans to invest KZT400m into mixed fodder production in Kapshagai. Overall capacity of the plant will exceed 150 th. tons a year. It will be put into service in 100 days. During soviet era Kapshagai was a industrial and resort city. It was well- known for its china plant. After the collapse of the USSR Kapshagai (like any other small towns Lisakovsk, Temirtau, Tekeli, etc) underwent difficult periods like loss of market, decline, halt and liquidation of production. This led to unemployment, outflow of population (to Almaty mostly), numerous housing problems, deserted apartments etc. Now, Kapshagai thrives on summer tourism, that is inflow of money and work appears only seasonally: from mid June to early September. In this context, the restoration of mixed fodder plant is considered by Almaty Kus OJSC an important social program. Kapshagai plant was built in 1983. Its reconstruction will be a considerable investment of Almaty Kus OJSC into the renovation of the town through restoration and effective development of high technology production. The plant now has stable and profitable demand from Almaty Kus poultry farms, Almaty Broiler and from other live stock growing farms in the region and Kazakhstan.