OREANDA-NEWS. November 14, 2007. As part of the continuing enhancement of the Group's manufacturing capability, an integrated set of equipment for whey purification, condensation and crystallisation has been purchased and installed and is now fully operational at the Group's Starkon Plant. Liquid whey, a main by-product of the hard-cheese making process, can now be processed at the Starkon site to yield dry whey. This will replace substantially all the dry whey previously purchased from a third party for use in the production of processed cheese at the Group's Molochnik Plant. Dry whey is also a viable commercial product in its own right, with strong on-going demand both domestically in Ukraine and internationally. In addition, the environmental implications of the installation are beneficial as there is no residual disposal requirement due to the full processing of the by-product. The equipment cost Ј240,000 to acquire and install and allows the production of up to 130 tonnes of dry whey per month when at maximum capacity. It is anticipated that the commercial impact of the equipment will be to add approximately Ј15,000 per month to the Group's operating profit.OREANDA-NEWS. September 25, 2007. Results of industrial activity of "TGC -9" were summed up in August, 2007.

For this period the power station of the company developed 868,6 million kwh electric energy, that a little more then planned targets. The industrial branches of the company located in territory of the Perm area, in August it developed 400,5 million kwh the electric power, in Sverdlovsk area - 257,8 m illion kwh, in Republic Komi - 210,3 million kwh.

In August, 2007 station and boiler-houses of TGC -9 released 1,5 million Gcal of thermal energy that makes 98 % from the plan. Industrial branches of the company in the Perm area released 546,4 thousand Gcal of heat, in Sverdlovsk area - 855 thousand Gcal, in Republic Komi - 90 thousand Gcal of thermal energy.