Kupiansk Condensed Milk Processing Company

Major condensed milk processing company

This large, long standing Joint Stock Company is located in the village of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv Oblast and  is one of seven such plants in Ukraine.

The current company output is 20 million cans per year. For this the company has extensive metal stamping and forming operations where they produce their own cans. Much of this equipment came from East Germany with the vacuum equipment coming from West Germany.

In 1972 and 1991 the company twice expanded its production and could produce 35 tons of condensed milk per shift and 10.2 tons of butter per shift. In 1995 the company received a loan from the EBRD to buy a Swedish milk processing line to produce milk to UHD standards. Ninety percent of the new equipment came from Sweden, and the other 10% from Russia. The capacity of the equipment is 750 tons of milk/24 hours but in the summer of 1997 were operating at only 50% of capacity.

In another section of the plant large mixers and separators are used in the processing of the milk products.  These include cream cheese, kefir, and yogurt.  The products are packaged on East German equipment which is capable of producing 2.5 tons/hour. Cottage cheese and other soft cheeses are were produced in an adjacent area.

In another area of this very clean plant, three East German machines fill condensed milk cans at a rate of approximately 8 tons/hour. They also produce 2.5 million cans of milk with chicory for coffee.

The major product lines include:

• Condensed milk
• Powdered milk
• Milk with chicory extract or chocolate
• Artificial milk produced from soya
• Chaffer
• Butter
• Yogurt
• Cream cheese
• Cottage cheese
• Fruit juices

The company has a fleet of 50 trucks, unusual for Ukraine. The trucks are used mainly to pick up raw milk daily from the farms. There is a laboratory in which the quality of the milk received is tested.

At least 30% of the company's output is exported through a European company. This includes 100% of the powdered milk and 20-25% of the condensed milk.

The company is interested in expanding its export orders and is looking for qualified buyers.

Contact

Mr. Alexander A. Radchenko, General Director

Postal address

Kupiansk Milk Plant

26, Lomonosov Street

312640 Kupiansk

Kharkov Region

Ukraine

 

 

 

Telephone

(380) 574-25-31-16 and 25-13-59

FAX

(380) 574-25-13-59

Telex

311078 MILK

E-mail

alexander@kmk.kharkov.ua

Information supplied by CEI October 1997.  Page last updated: January 19, 2004