The largest processor of fruits, vegetables and other food products in the region, the Astrakhan Canning Company, has been carrying out a program of modernization of its own facilities since 2009 in order to increase the volume of raw materials acceptance.
The campaign of technical re-equipment has already yielded its first fruits - the offered assortment of canned food has increased and, accordingly, the volume of their production under the brands of the Astrakhan Canning Company. Thus, the company plans to occupy the currently empty niche in the Russian market, which remained after the Russian authorities introduced a ban on the import of food products from a number of countries.
In November 2014, Sergey Krzhanovsky, Minister of Industry, Transport and Natural Resources of the Astrakhan Region, visited the production facilities of the Astrakhan Canning Company, who examined and assessed the capabilities of the enterprise and their potential. In turn, Vladimir Aksenov, the head of the company, noted the constant participation of regional and federal authorities in the fate of the enterprise he represents.
Thus, the government of the Astrakhan region has developed and continues to introduce effective mechanisms to stimulate the processing industry in the region. In 2014, within the framework of the Astrakhan Cannery Company, a modernly equipped workshop was put into operation, specializing in the production of frozen vegetables (about 100 thousand tons of possible acceptance of raw materials in just one day), as well as a refrigerating room with a storage capacity of three thousand tons of frozen products.
But the company did not stop there: the Astrakhan Canning Company purchased equipment for equipping the pepper processing shop and chopping various vegetables with a blanching function. Thus, the company has already expanded the range of produced pickles and marinades.
"My farm is still small. I supply fresh fruits and vegetables to the market, there is not enough volume for processing. But I really hope to increase yields until 2020 and rely heavily on the support of the state. After that, it is quite possible that I will start cooperating and with large processors such as the Astrakhan Canning Company, "said Ivan Mikhailov, a private farmer in Astrakhan.
