28 December 2011
Avangard (AVGR LI), the largest Ukrainian egg producer, launched the first stage of its greenfield Chornobayivske egg production facility, a rearing site with capacity for up to 1.5 mln laying hens (27% of Avangard’s young flock at end-1H11), Interfax reported on Tuesday. The entire Chornobayivske project includes a 2.5 mln head rearing site, 5 mln head laying site, 60 t/hr fodder plant, slaughter plant, packaging facilities and 20.4 MW biogas-fired power plant. The site is scheduled to be fully operational in 2013.