Aksu plant in Almaty region began to produce sugar after the modernization

“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 more than 5 thousand tons of sugar beet, the first sugar of the new crop has been obtained,” as regional akimat reported on Thursday.

Through SEC Zhetysu, more than T11 billion of joint funds were allocated to the first stage of modernization.

“Thanks to the modernization carried out in 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 plant’s beet pile field. 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 sugar beet harvest,” said Almaty oblast akim Amandyk Batalov.

He added that the maximum capacity of the Aksu sugar plant after a complete modernization will reach 350 thousand tons, so the sugar beet crops plan to further 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 make cane in the off-season Aksu Sugar Plant, then it will work all year round,” noted the head of the region.

Akim recalled that the Koksu sugar plant also carried out a complete modernization, which was completed in 2017, thanks to which the sugar yield increased from 10% to 13%.

 “In addition, the plant’s boiler house switched from diesel to gas, saving amounted to T500 million. Businessmen are now turning to us with proposals for restoring the Alakol and Karabulak sugar plants, clearly seeing the results achieved,” A. Batalov added.