On October 7, in Laishevo region, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov attended a solemn ceremony devoted to the beginning of the implementation of the investment project on construction of a plant for the production of juices with a logistics center. The Azerbaijani company Benkons Group is the project investor.

A preliminary agreement on the feasibility of the project was reached during the visit of Head of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Talia Minullina to Azerbaijan in December last year. In February this year, the project was presented to Tatarstan President. At the same time an agreement on cooperation between Benkons Group and TIDA was signed.

The Azerbaijani company is engaged in activities in various fields, including import and distribution of consumer goods, implements projects in the construction sector, exports fruit and vegetable processing products to Europe, Asia and America.

A plant in Tatarstan will specialize in the production of natural juices from organic fruit. It is expected that the volume of investments in the project will amount to more than 4 billion roubles. The minimum design capacity of the plant is nearly 54 million liters of juice per year. The planned number of employees of the plant and logistics center is 250 people. It is expected that the plant will start to operate in early 2017.