PepsiCo launched a new Lay’s potato chips production line at its plant in Kashira, ending a two-year investment project on production capacity increase.
Kashira is PepsiCo’s largest snacks production site in Europe and with the new line launch, the plant’s production capacity is expected to increase by 25%, according to a press release.
The company also plans to increase potato procurement for the plant by 50%, underlining that all potatoes for chips production in Azov and Kashira, are procured from local suppliers, including the Moscow region. The completion of the investment project has also created more than 100 new jobs at the plant.
Neil Sturrock, president of PepsiCo Russia, says: “With the new line launch we expect to strengthen our positions on the Russian snacks market and, moreover, will support local potato farmers, as Russia Lay’s chips are made from Russian potatoes only.”
The project to increase capacity started two year ago. In this time, PepsiCo built a new warehouse for storing 2000 tons of snacks. A modern 360sqm warehouse increased storage capacities of the plant by 40%. Moreover, the move included reconstruction of warehouse for raw materials and ingredients and of the wastewater treatment facilities. In October 2017, the project was completed with the launch of the new potato chips production line. The line can produce up to 20 thousand tons of finished products per year.
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