OREANDA-NEWS. September 05, 2007. Belarusian flax mills will be remodelled to achieve their maximum effectiveness in the next few years, Belarus’ Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky said at an onsite session held in the Dubrovno region to discuss the development of the Belarusian flax industry, reported the Official website http://www.government.by.

There are 49 flax plants in Belarus. “Measures should be taken to make the enterprises work effectively,” underscored the Prime Minister. “Proposals have been voiced to decrease their number to 25 flax mills, turning the rest into workshops or subsidiaries. But the proposals need additional discussing and detailing, as the flax mills are concentrated in regional towns and are local economic mainstays”.

The Prime Minister also demanded that issues concerning the future reconstruction of flax-processing companies, equipment purchases should be considered in more detail. As an example Sergei Sidorsky mentioned Dubrovno flax mill. The company’s equipment purchase contract did not include start-up and commissioning by the supplier. Such blunders should not be repeated in future, he emphasised.

Sergei Sidorsky pointed out, flax mills are lagging behind in commissioning new technological lines. Bought in 2006, two technological lines were commissioned only in 2007. Meanwhile, another two lines should be installed this year.