OREANDA-NEWS. December 20, 2011. JSC Concern "KALINA," Russia's largest cosmetics producer, has announced, that recently elected General Director of the Company Aleksey Minakov has taken up his post according to Board of Directors decision dated 01 December 2011 (Minutes No. 9). Alexander Petrov, the former General Director of JSC Concern "KALINA, takes up a position of Chief Operations Officer from 06 December 2011.

JSC Concern "Kalina" is one of the leading Russian cosmetics producers. The leading brands of the company are "Black Pearl", "Pure Line", "100 Recipes of Beauty" and "Silky Hands" - among skin-care products; "32" and "Forest Balm"- among oral care products.

Concern "Kalina" consists of its parent enterprise in Ekaterinburg and several subsidiaries, including "Pallada Ukraine" (Ukraine), "Glavskazka International" (Russia), Kalina Overseas Holding B. V. (Netherlands), Kalina International SA (Switzerland), DSN Cosmetics GmbH (Germany) and Rychkon Ltd (Cyprus).