Dragon Capital organized an agricultural investor trip
Kyiv, September 19-21, 2012 — Dragon Capital organized its first agricultural investor trip, including site visits of five leading domestic agribusiness Astarta Holding, IMC, Kernel Holding, Ovostar Union and Milkiland. About 20 foreign portfolio investors from Europe, Russia, the US and Asia participated in the event.
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- Ovostar Union (OVO PW) is a leading industrial shell egg producer in Ukraine. Investors visited Ovostar’s renovated Ukraina poultry farm which includes 13 laying hen houses as well as egg sorting and processing facilities.
- Industrial Milk Company (IMC PW) is an integrated agricultural producer operating in central and northern Ukraine. Investors toured IMC’s facilities in the Chernihiv region, including its largest storage site Mlibor (100 kt capacity), potato storage facilities and corn, sunflower and potato fields.
- Milkiland (MLK PW) is a diversified dairy producer operating in Ukraine, Russia and Poland. Investors visited Milkiland’s cheese plant in Mena (Chernihiv region) which accounts for 39% of the company’s Ukrainian cheese production capacities and is the main producer of Milkiland’s cheese for export to Russia.
- Kernel Holding (KER PW) is the largest sunflower oil producer in Ukraine, operating about 35% of domestic sunseed crushing capacities. Investors visited Kernel’s Poltava Oil Extraction Plant, with total crushing capacity of 430 kt of seeds p.a. (14% of Kernel’s total crushing capacity).
- Astarta Holding (AST PW) is the largest sugar producer in Ukraine. Investors visited the company’s Yareski Sugar Plant and a modern dairy farm in the Poltava region.
“Recently foreign media (especially Polish) have been criticizing the quality of Ukrainian public companies and the risks associated with investing in the country. During the three intensive days investors were able to clearly see that these five WSE-listed companies have impressive assets and can deliver on the promises they have been making. We believe such trips help to improve the trust and loyalty of investors regarding Ukrainian assets”, says Dmytro Tarabakin, Managing Director, Dragon Capital.
The companies showcased their business models, assets and technology. Guests were able to visit facilities including hen houses, grain and oilseed crop storage sites, sunflower and potato harvesting fields, hard cheese production and packaging workshops, and oil bottling and packaging facilities.
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