OREANDA-NEWS. On September 15, one year passed from the start-up of the first in the CIS biotechnological complex - the project which has united a bioethanol plant with capacity of 57 thousand tons/year, feed mill, pig-breeding complex and a number of other large-capacity biotechnological manufactures - "Biohim" (Tajynsha, Kazakhstan), reported the press-centre of Titan.

"Biohim" is the first for the CIS-countries industrial complex, the result of joint efforts of the Group of companies "Titan" and Open Company "Basko", Kazakhstan. Realization of the project was possible at the state support of the Kazakhstan Government.

The first year of the work was summed up at the enterprise this week - all technical problems with starting of non-standard equipment were eliminated lately; new working technology was created; two mills, three technological branches (gluten, fermentation and СО2), boiler-house started to work.

Now, the factory is capable to operate at 100 % and is completely provided with raw material. The integrated poultry farm works at full capacity. At the end of September meat-preparing shop will be put into operation, and completely, a meatpacking plant will be handed over in operation in the 1st quarter 2008. On the pig-breeding complex, construction of the areas for feeding manufacture comes to an end (by the end of the current year pig-breeding complex will operate at designed capacity). Preparatory and prospecting works on feed mill are completely finished; civil works will be started at the end of summer. Contracts for all kinds of the equipment for feed mill are made; contractors have started their manufacturing.

More than three hundred young experts work now at "Biohim". Thus it is necessary to note, that the experts of various services of "Titan" constantly visit the Kazakhstan enterprise to pass training on working installations to speed up process of adaptation at the startup of "Biocomplex" in Omsk.

Opening of "Biohim" was a sign event for development of bioenergetics in the CIS-countries and in Russia. The example of the Kazakhstan first-born was an incitement for development of the initiative in the Russian regions - this year a number of Governors and heads of the companies have declared intentions to construct the enterprises for bioethanol and biodiesel production on the territory of Russia.