The first sugar obtained at the Aksu sugar plant

The first sugar was obtained at the Aksu sugar plant after its almost 10-year idle time. This became known on the eve of the working visit of the akim of Almaty region Amandyk Batalov to Aksu district.

During his visit to the Aksu sugar plant, the head of the region familiarized himself with the newly established production process and discussed with investors the immediate prospects for the development of the plant.

Now, sugar beets are delivered to Aksu sugar plant from Aksu, Sarkand and Alakol regions. At this stage, 80,000 tons of sweet root are already in the beet pile field of the enterprise. To date, the plant has processed more than 2 thousand tons of sweet root. The first sugar was recieved.

As the head of the region was told by the executive director of Aksu Kant LLP, Saken Muratov, as a result of the reconstruction, the plant launched a commissioning line for the processing of sugar beet and sugar production. Starting next year, it is planned to carry out a phased modernization of the main and auxiliary facilities, a new 5 MW thermal power plant will be launched, modern heat boilers and a turbo generator will be installed. Work will also be continued on further automation of technological processes, which will allow increasing the production capacity of the plant in the next 3 years.

Getting acquainted with the results of the adjusted production activities of the plant, the regional akim Amandyk Batalov visited all the workshops of the enterprise and assessed the sugar obtained at the plant after almost his 10-year idle time. 

- Today is a great joyful event for all of us. After almost 10 years of inactivity, the Aksu Sugar Plant is once again working thanks to state support and well-coordinated joint work of local executive bodies and investors. After all the technological processes at the plant, white sugar is obtained - this is a visual result of the reconstruction carried out. There are plans to modernize the plant for 3 years in a row, during which the outdated equipment will be completely replaced with modern, highly technological.

Part of this equipment has already been purchased and is in the warehouses of the enterprise. Today, the plant employs more than 500 people, among them are specialists who have worked at the enterprise since its opening. Their contribution is difficult to overestimate. It is also worth noting that due to the launch of the plant in Aksu district, the unemployment rate fell from 5.7 percent to 4.7. In addition, the plant has an agreement on the basis of a state order with the college of Zhansugurov to train more than 50 specialists to work in the enterprise, said Amandyk Batalov, akim of Almaty region.

Then the head of the region continued:

“Now we have two sugar plants in the region, Koksu and Aksu, which together can process over 500 thousand tons of sugar beet annually. We have plans to launch Alakol and Karabulak sugar plants. We are also thinking of building plants of small capacity. Today we are closing the region’s need for sugar, which is about 35 thousand tons of sugar per year. As for the needs of the republic, we will make every effort and will continue to work in this direction according to the instructions of the Head of State, which gives a multiplicative effect,” summed up Amandyk Batalov.

Vladimir Yushkov, chief engineer of the enterprise, who began his career at the plant in 1968, shared his opinion on the launch of the Aksu sugar plant. Now he is working again at the enterprise and is one of his most experienced employees:

- I am very pleased that the plant where I worked for almost 50 years has been successfully launched again, produces high-quality products and provides jobs for many people. Thank you all for your support. A great deal has been done, the plant is working again, now we need to support it, and everything else is a matter of technology. A start has been made, the process has begun - this is the main thing, he said.

We recall that within the framework of the implementation of the Head of State’s order for the development of sugar production, the Energomost consortium, in accordance with the memorandum concluded with the regional akimat on March 1, has actively started the reconstruction of the Aksu sugar plant. 15 billion tenge of investments were allocated for restoration work, of which 3 billion tenge was allocated by means of JSC “SEC“ Zhetysu ”for the modernization of equipment.

In general, the company plans to process up to 300-350 tons of sugar beet per season with the release of 32-35 thousand tons of sugar.

This season, it is planned to process up to 80 thousand tons of raw materials and produce up to 6 thousand tons of sugar, at this stage the plant continues to accept sugar beet, the beet-processing unit has been operating since September of this year.