This firm was formerly a milk packaging plant that now produces fruit juices. They
currently employee 80 in this small mining community. They suffer from a lack of raw
materials due to reduced farm output.

The company is looking for:
- Technology for production of soft cheeses such as Cheddar, Roquefort, etc. with the
original packaging 50 to 100 grams. Buying used equipment for soft cheese packaging with
the capacity of 1 to 3 tons per shift.
- Buying used equipment for bottling natural juices in glass bottles 0.5 and 1 l with the
capacity of 5 to 10 tons per shift.
- Buying used equipment for packaging jam in glass bottles 0.2 - 0.3 kg.
- Buying used equipment for polyethylene bottling of water and beverages with the capacity
of 1000 to 2000 bottles per hour.
Mr. Kisilyov speaks some English and is a very aggressive and forward-looking manager.
He was selected to participate in the Marshall Plan, Fruit and Vegetable study tour
to the USA in August 1998. |

The company supplies the following:
- Dairy products: kefir, sour cream, cultured baked milk, baked milk, cottage cheese,
cottage cheese mixes, sour cream packaged in small cups;
- Beverages including fruit juices, lemonade, cold tea, cola, etc. packaged in plastic
bottles;

The company is also involved with the following:
- Ice cream
- Yogurt
- Mineral water (with and without gas)
- Jams (raspberry, strawberry, red and black currant, apple, plum)
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