The line with the capacity of 7 thousand kg of cottage cheese per day is put into operation at PepsiCo plant in Kyrgyzstan

With modern equipment installed to replace outdated, the company produces cottage cheese under the brand name "Happy milkman" in the package "flow-pack". Thanks to the modernization of the equipment manufacturing process has been fully automated and the packaging design of the product has been updated The capacity of the line is about 7 thousand kg of cottage cheese per day.

Since 2009, the company has implemented significant modernization of the plant "Bishkeksut". The majority of investment projects were aimed at improving the products quality and working conditions of employees.

The Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbai Jeenbekov thanked PepsiCo company for cooperation and investments in JSC "Bishkeksut. “I'm glad to take part in the start-up of a new product line of the company. Putting into operation the new line will allow increasing production volumes and expanding the range of products. It is pleasant that the plant "Bishkeksut" uses local raw materials, supplies its dairy products not only to domestic market but also for export. The enterprise for many years has contributed to the development of agriculture as a reliable partner of local suppliers of milk," - said Mr. Jeenbekov.

Today, "Bishkeksut" produces a wide range of dairy products under the trademarks "Happy milkman", "a House in the village", BioMax®, "Frugurt": milk, kefir, cottage cheese, sour cream, fermented baked milk and yogurt. For the production of dairy products fresh milk is brought from the farms of Chui region. The company is cooperating with three large farms and over a thousand private producers, purchasing about 19 thousand tons of milk a year.

General Director of JSC "Bishkeksut" Margarita Rumyantseva added: "We are proud of the products that we produce on the enterprises of PepsiCo in accordance with the international quality standards. Today we officially opened the line to produce cottage cheese “Happy milkman”, this brand, is widely known in Kyrgyzstan and outside it. We will continue to make happy our consumers by offering delicious dairy products of high quality produced from fresh milk on modern equipment".

In addition to the production activities of JSC "Bishkeksut" is involved in the social life of the people of Kyrgyzstan: supports socially unprotected categories of citizens, supplying the products of the company. In September of 2016 due to a grant from the PepsiCo Foundation with the support of the World food program (WFP) and with participation of management of JSC "Bishkeksut" the industrial kitchen equipment was delivered to five rural schools in Kyrgyzstan so that more than two thousand primary school pupils were able to have hot meals.

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