Updates
Domestic visits
08
04, 2011
President Sargsyan visited Ararat food production factory, Maqur Erkat (Untainted Iron) and Armenian Molybdenum Production companies
Today, President Serzh Sargsyan visited Ararat food production Ltd in Yerevan. The President of Armenia was present at the official ceremony of opening of the Company’s juice producing plant, familiarized with the production facilities and programs. It was noted that Ararat food production factory along with home consumption is planning to export its production to the United States and Europe.
This year, the Company is planning also to introduce production of tea, including its processing and packaging. Main accent will be made on traditional tea production from Armenian herbs such as thyme, mint, hips, and haws. According to the tentative schedule, the investment program will be concluded in mid-October and the production of tea will start in November. Today, during President’s visit to the Company, he was briefed on the creation of the Ararat Tea brand and told about primary programs of the fruits and vegetables processing industrial units. It was noted that in order to process the purchased produce with no losses and properly, investments will be made also in the area of jam and preserves production. In 2013, Ararat food production Ltd is planning to invest in the creation of its own orchards. These investments will allow to create in the coming years nearly 500 new jobs.
President Serzh Sargsyan visited also Maqur Erkat public corporation, where he toured the ferromolybdenum and untainted molybdenum production units and conversed with the leadership of the Company about the ongoing works in Maqur Erkat and its development programs. It was noted that for the production of metallic plates the Company is building the rolled molybdenum production unit.
The President of Armenia visited also the Armenian Molybdenum Production Ltd. Serzh Sargsyan visited hydrometallurgy and crushing industrial units. He was informed that the main direction of the Company’s work is production of ferromolybdenum. The entire final product is being exported to Europe and Asia. The Armenian Molybdenum Production Ltd, which was established in 2003, is one of the most dynamically developing metallurgy enterprises of Armenia and employs 500 people. Serzh Sargsyan was also informed that the Company is working constantly to develop and introduce new technologies.
At the conclusion of the visit, at the Armenian Molybdenum Production Ltd, Serzh Sargsyan participated at the meeting initiated by the representatives of business community, at which businessmen and representatives of the organizations which unite them – the Union of Local Producers, the Union of Manufacturers and Entrepreneurs of Armenia, the Trade and Industrial Chamber of Armenia – presented their problems and avenues to address them to the President of Armenia. They heard the President’s approach regarding the means to address those problems, including through the state assistance, and to improve business environment.
“We will try to use every opportunity to speak candidly with each other and discuss problems. Obviously, the improvement of business environment, disclosure of the existing problems and struggle with the obstacles are to be solved primarily by the state. However to rely exclusively on the state is not right. We should be able to get support of the business unions, on those people who are interested in the resolution of concrete problems.
I want to tell you all that any production established in the Republic on the innovative base, speaking plainly and without professional terms, will be producing a kind of production which is not produced in Armenia today, we, the state, are standing ready to assist, first of all through some tax incentives. For instance, we are ready to exempt them from the added value taxes; we are also ready to provide other assistance,” President Serzh Sargsyan said at the meeting with the entrepreneurs.
This year, the Company is planning also to introduce production of tea, including its processing and packaging. Main accent will be made on traditional tea production from Armenian herbs such as thyme, mint, hips, and haws. According to the tentative schedule, the investment program will be concluded in mid-October and the production of tea will start in November. Today, during President’s visit to the Company, he was briefed on the creation of the Ararat Tea brand and told about primary programs of the fruits and vegetables processing industrial units. It was noted that in order to process the purchased produce with no losses and properly, investments will be made also in the area of jam and preserves production. In 2013, Ararat food production Ltd is planning to invest in the creation of its own orchards. These investments will allow to create in the coming years nearly 500 new jobs.
President Serzh Sargsyan visited also Maqur Erkat public corporation, where he toured the ferromolybdenum and untainted molybdenum production units and conversed with the leadership of the Company about the ongoing works in Maqur Erkat and its development programs. It was noted that for the production of metallic plates the Company is building the rolled molybdenum production unit.
The President of Armenia visited also the Armenian Molybdenum Production Ltd. Serzh Sargsyan visited hydrometallurgy and crushing industrial units. He was informed that the main direction of the Company’s work is production of ferromolybdenum. The entire final product is being exported to Europe and Asia. The Armenian Molybdenum Production Ltd, which was established in 2003, is one of the most dynamically developing metallurgy enterprises of Armenia and employs 500 people. Serzh Sargsyan was also informed that the Company is working constantly to develop and introduce new technologies.
At the conclusion of the visit, at the Armenian Molybdenum Production Ltd, Serzh Sargsyan participated at the meeting initiated by the representatives of business community, at which businessmen and representatives of the organizations which unite them – the Union of Local Producers, the Union of Manufacturers and Entrepreneurs of Armenia, the Trade and Industrial Chamber of Armenia – presented their problems and avenues to address them to the President of Armenia. They heard the President’s approach regarding the means to address those problems, including through the state assistance, and to improve business environment.
“We will try to use every opportunity to speak candidly with each other and discuss problems. Obviously, the improvement of business environment, disclosure of the existing problems and struggle with the obstacles are to be solved primarily by the state. However to rely exclusively on the state is not right. We should be able to get support of the business unions, on those people who are interested in the resolution of concrete problems.
I want to tell you all that any production established in the Republic on the innovative base, speaking plainly and without professional terms, will be producing a kind of production which is not produced in Armenia today, we, the state, are standing ready to assist, first of all through some tax incentives. For instance, we are ready to exempt them from the added value taxes; we are also ready to provide other assistance,” President Serzh Sargsyan said at the meeting with the entrepreneurs.