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In July 2020, «Krasyliv Sugar Refinery» PC, founded in 1842, officially joined the “sweet” family of «A’SPIK Group», connecting with «Starokostiantynivcukor» LLC and «Shepetivka Sugar» LLC. It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. Thus, the production complex became the third and the oldest sugar refinery in the group of companies. In order to prepare the refinery, which...

«Astarta-Kyiv» received the award for leadership in energy management, according to the results of the international competition Energy Management Leadership Awards, which since 2016 has been organizing the global forum Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) – an international organization that brings together representatives of ministries of energy of 25 countries worldwide, the Europea...

Sugar beet — valuable technical crop, the main source of raw materials for sugar production. It is reported by press-service of the company. Sugar beet growing season is in full swing. Phytosanitary supervision of sugar beet crops is constantly carried out. As of July 13, sugar bee...

«A’SPIK Group» will enter the retail market under the eponymous “sweet” brand. It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. In particular, Khmelnytsk sugar producers have already launched a line of packing a “sweet product” of their own produ...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering provision of an additional USD10 million tranche to «Astarta». It is reported by press service of the bank. According to the report, these funds will be used to create additional liquidity cushion during the COVID-19 crisis.  The EBRD said the loa...

Sugar beet pulp is in demand in domestic and foreign markets. It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. In particular, in 2019/2020 marketing year, the main consumer of extracted sugar beet pulp from «A’SPIK Group» became a la...

 I&U Group Agroholding completed the construction of the biogas complex with a capacity of 6 MW/h near the village of Kapitanivka, Novomyrhorod district, Kirovohrad region. It is announced by I&U Group founder Sergei Tarasov on his Facebook-page.  He notes that the complex will process sugar production waste into raw materials for heat and electricity an...

In 2019-2020 marketing year, «A’SPIK Group» sold almost 30,000 tonnes of "sweet product" to its business partners. It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. «Starokostiantynivtsukor» LLC produced 55% of this volume and 45% were produced at «Shepetivka Sugar Refinery» LLC.&...

I&U Group agroholding completes the construction of a unique biogas complex with a capacity of 5,5 MW/h, created in partnership with the EBRD. It is reported by «UNIAN». Since the end of 2018, large-scale construction has been underway near the village of Kapitanivka, Nomyrhorod district, Kirovohrad region: I&U Group...

The main focus of this year's off-season at «Starokostiantynivtsukor» LLC is the renovation of the evaporator station, which significantly increase the energy efficiency of production.  It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. «Installation of the new film-type evaporator will reduce steam consumption by 3 tonnes per hour, as modern equipment will compensate for t...