OREANDA-NEWS. December 19, 2011. Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov in Obukhov, Kyiv region attended the grand opening of new lines for the manufacture of corrugated packaging in the JSC "Kyiv cardboard and paper plant".

Prime Minister met with the staff works. In particular, he asked employees how much did they earn and got a response that salary of working professionals is 4 thousands UAH per month and a chief change gets 7 thousand UAH. "You have almost European level of wages" - the Prime Minister noted.

In addition the management of plant noted that it had been allocated 45 million euros for the construction of new lines for the manufacture of corrugated packaging, of which 30% is own funds and 70% - loans, payback period is 7 years of production.

The plant recycles approximately 300 tons of recyclable materials. Production is quite energy-intensive and therefore plant is going completely move to its own energy and heat supply. This will save about 20 million a month.

Technological lines, which launched, it is the latest line of producer and is the first high-tech line in Europe.

Over two thousand employees work at the company. For 9 months. The plant this year paid taxes 250 million UAH that is for 30% more than last year.

Production of PJSC occupies more than 30% of cardboard and paper market in Ukraine.