After modernization, the first sugar of the new harvest was obtained at the Aksu sugar plant.

80% of the equipment was replaced at the Aksu sugar plant during the first stage of modernization, which allowed to increase production capacity several times and improve the quality of the produced sugar, the output of which now amounts to 11.5%.

The entire production process is fully automated and controlled through a single operator. During the first two days of operation, the plant has processed over five thousand tons of sugar beet, the first sugar of the new crop has been received. This became known during the visit of the regionsl akim Amandyk Batalov to the modernized sugar plant, the press service of the akim of Almaty region reports. Within the framework of the first stage of modernization at the Aksu Sugar Plant, equipment was replaced in the juice production, juice purification, grocery, pulp press, lime-gas, and also juice and syrup departments.

The main feature - the entire production line is automated, management is carried out through the central hardware. For example, thanks to the new evaporator plant, energy costs have decreased by 30%. Also, a unique chamber press filter using new filtering technology was installed at the plant. The work in the packaging shop was automated. In general, through the SEC “Zhetysu”, 119 units of technological equipment of Kazakhstan, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, French, German production were purchased. The purchased equipment was transferred to Aksu Kant LLP on financial leasing. As the Director General of Аksu Kant LLP, Samat Nadirbayev, thanks to the support of the region’s leadership, the plant has completed the first stage of modernization, the plant’s capacity is 2.5-3 thousand tons of sugar beets per day. This year the total supply will amount to 150-160 thousand tons of sweet root.

Sugar yield is 11.5%. As S. Nadirbaev emphasized, the plant did not stand aside from the implementation of one of the leading instructions of the head of state, voiced in the current message. According to him, next year it is planned to increase the salaries of the plant’s employees by 15-20%. At this stage, the average wage is 75 thousand tenge, 550 people work at the plant. Summing up the visit to the enterprise, akim of the region Amandyk Batalov said that thanks to state support this year, the area of ​​sowing sugar beet in Almaty region increased to 11.2 thousand hectares. With an average yield of 370 centners per hectare, it is planned to collect more than 400 thousand tons of sweet root and produce 42.5 thousand tons of sugar. “Together with the founders of the plant through SEC Zhetysu, more than 11 billion tenge of joint funds were allocated to the first stage of modernization. Due to the modernization carried out this season, the plant plans to process 150-160 thousand tons of sugar beet. As of today, 80 thousand tons of beets have been harvested at the beet pile field of the plant.

In general, the region is still harvesting, another 70 thousand tons of beets will be brought here. Separate peasant farms, for example, in Eskeldi district, receive 500 centners from one hectare. This year we really have a record harvest of sugar beets,” said the akim of the region.

Speaking about future plans, Amandyk Batalov stressed that the maximum capacity of the Aksu sugar plant, after complete modernization, will reach 350 thousand tons. Therefore, sugar beet crops will continue to increase. “Next year, taking into account crop rotation, we are planning to bring sugar beet crops to about 14 thousand hectares. In the course of further modernization, we also plan to ensure that in the off-season Aksu Sugar Plant also processes cane, then it will work all year round. At the Koksu sugar plant they carried out a complete modernization, which they completed last year, thanks to which the sugar yield rose from 10% to 13%. In addition, the boiler house of the plant moved from diesel to gas, saving amounted to 500 million tenge. Now businessmen are turning to us with proposals for the restoration of the Alakol and Karabulak sugar plants, clearly seeing the results achieved.

Thanks to the joint work, two sugar plants are working, permanent jobs have been created, tax deductions come to the budget, the volume of output increases, and the residents get good wages, and this is what the head of state ordered us to do, ” summed up Amandyk Batalov.

 It should be noted that due to the launch of the Aksu sugar plant, the unemployment rate in the Aksu district decreased from 5.7% to 4.7%. For further staffing of Aksu Kant LLP, an agreement was concluded with a local Polytechnic College to train more than 50 narrow specialists. And next year at its own expense Aksu Kant LLP plans to carry out the next stage of plant modernization.