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Turchin tours Lida Milk Plant
GRODNO, 10 June (BelTA) – Belarus’ Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin is on a working visit to Lida Milk Plant, BelTA has learned.
The prime minister examined the enterprise’s production facilities, paying particular attention to efforts to expand the product range and strengthen export potential. According to Irina Filippova, the plant’s acting director general, the company aims to produce import substituting goods within the processing sector.
All the necessary elements are already in place to achieve this goal: an excellent supply zone delivering high quality milk, flexible production capabilities that can adapt to shifting market demands, a skilled team of specialists, and a robust production culture.
The open joint stock company comprises four plants: Lida Milk Plant, as well as Smorgon Milk Products, Oshmyany Cheese Factory, and Novogrudok Gifts branches. The enterprise processes more than 1,800 tonnes of milk per day, offering a diverse range of over 250 product names.
The company specializes primarily in dry dairy products and canned milk. Its hallmark, however, is cheese production.
Nearly all types of classic cheeses are represented, from soft varieties to those made with cheddaring, as well as hard and semi hard cheeses. Lida is the only producer in the country making cheese chips. The team of technologists continually works on new offerings.
Approximately 70% of the enterprise’s output is exported, mainly to the Russian Federation. At the same time, the company has now entered the markets of 26 far-arc countries. Dry dairy products account for the bulk of exports. A large scale modernization is underway at the facility, alongside the implementation of import substituting projects.
“In 2028, we plan to implement a project at our main facility to establish a milk protein concentrate production line. This will allow us to increase our daily milk processing volume by more than 250 tonnes. The functional significance of this product is very broad.
It encompasses therapeutic and preventive nutrition, as well as the dairy and confectionery industries,” explained Irina Filippova. “Later this year, we are launching a bottling line in Lida for milk and drinking yogurts, with the start up scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year. Another investment project, aimed at markets in distant countries, involves the packaging of dry dairy products, which will help us preserve the organoleptic properties of whole milk powder.”
Lida Milk Plant is entering the market under a single corporate brand, MiLida. The company’s facilities form an integrated production and sales system that allows for deeper specialization, increased dairy output, a broader product range, more efficient raw material processing, and a focus on producing higher margin goods.
A substantive discussion on the development of the dairy industry continued at Lida Milk Plant under the leadership of the prime minister. Key topics included optimal mechanisms for increasing supply to third countries, additional measures to stimulate effective exports, and improving the overall efficiency of production and processing.
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