OREANDA-NEWS. Belarus has postponed till November 13, 2013 (14:00 CET, 16:00 Minsk time) the deadline for applications of potential strategic investors, who are interested in buying the state-owned stake in OAO Medplast, Belarus' prominent manufacturer of medical equipment.

The National Investment and Privatization Agency (NIPA) is inviting bids from Belarusian and foreign companies willing to join the procedure for choosing strategic investors for OAO Medplast, which has a 99.94% state-owned stake to sell.

The deadline was postponed following requests of several potential investors, who need more time to prepare the necessary documents and certificates, NIPA official said.

A potential bidder is a private company with at least three-year experience (or asset management) in production/distribution of syringes or other disposable medical products. The potential bidder's average annual sales turnover must be at least USD 17 million in the last three fiscal years.

NIPA has invited a consortium of Mattig Management Partners, ZAO Alfa-Bank and Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners to act as consultants.

Established in 1936, OAO Medplast runs full-cycle production of disposable syringes, provides ethyleneoxide sterilization services.