Exhibitor profiles and offers

Name of company / organization:

Name of principle person or persons attending the exhibition / conference

Mr. Oleg Chigidin, Chairman of the Board of CJSC "Prodmash"
Mr. Oleg Chigidin is a well known businessman in Ukraine, whose name is honoured in the book "Golden Pages Of Ukraine".
He is an Academician of the Academy of Economic Science and President of the Board of Directors of the Crimean industrial enterprises.

Contacts:
8, Yevpatoriyskoye shosse, Simferopol, 95006, Ukraine
Ph: +38 (0652) 22-12-59, 22-12-59
Mob. ph.: +38 (050) 498-06-00
Fax: +38 (0652) 27-44-60
E-mail: prodmash@crimea.com

Type of business in which you are involved:

Closed Joint Stock Company "PRODMASH", which has been formerly known on the CIS market as CJSC "KRIMPRODMASH". The company was renamed only two years ago. ItÂs located in Simferopol, capital of Autonomous Crimean Republic, Ukraine.

Due to his efforts CJC "PRODMASH" has started manufacturing products meeting the demands of the European market to be sold to Europe. These are mainly the equipment for canned industry, e.g. automatic and semiautomatic seamers, presses for cans and lids, dosing and closing mono-blocks for cans, lines to manufacture drawn cans, etc.

Specific offer to American companies:

As formerly mentioned the company CJC "PRODMASH" has been a leading manufacturer of equipment for canned and food industries in CIS for many years. It was originated in 1876, thus its over 130 years old.

Among the main products manufactured by the company are:

• automatic & automatic vacuum seamers for cans and jars;
• presses to produce cans and lids;
• lines to manufacture drawn cans;
• dosing & closing monoblocks for cans;
• equipment to make cans from lamister (steralcon);
• equipment to process wine materials.

The company has a vast developed network of customers both in Ukraine and CIS.

In the recent years the automatic seamers & vacuum seamers made by CJSC "PRODMASH" have been meeting the demand of the European customers and are being sold to Europe in increasing amounts due to their reliability, competitive price, updated design and selective use of stainless materials.

The types of company you would like to meet:

1. The company "PRODMASH" is searching partnership with the American businessman in canned industry interested in:
   • buying the competitive in price and quality equipment for their canneries, meat, milk & fish processing factories, etc.
2. The company is also interested to study the opportunity of partnership with the American manufacturers of similar products, in order to:
   • discuss the possibility of arranging mutual manufacturing of such products in Ukraine on the basis of modern American technologies;
   • discuss the possibility of arranging joint venture in the field of making the equipment for lids with easy open tabs, etc.
   • discuss the possibility of creating mutual manufacturing of products to the demand of Ukrainian market.
3. The company would like to meet representatives of the American business both in the field of manufacturing the equipment for canned and food industries, and those being customers or buyers of such equipment.