OREANDA-NEWS. August 20, 2010. Five new plants manufacturing construction materials have been launched in Samarkand region this year. The latest plant, which produces bricks, opened in Koshrabat district.

The new enterprises are being created in accordance with the President’s decree of 19 June 2009 on stimulating the increase of production and improving the quality of wall materials.

The aim is to meet the demand of the building companies in rural areas, where modern housing for the local residents are being built in the framework of the special state program.

Usmon Kholov, head of the new company Koshrabat Gisht Tamir, told UzA the plant was built using the soft credit from Agrobank worth UZS 250 million.

The plant, which uses Chinese equipment, is capable of producing 12 million burnt bricks per year and employs about 100 people.