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2023: Launch of Russia's first coffee capsule

The first production of coffee capsules in Russia has been launched in Karelia. The press service of the head of the republic announced this on November 20, 2023.

The project is being implemented by the Petrozavodsk company "Coffee Technologies." It produces compressed coffee capsules for transport companies, hotels and catering establishments.

Coffee capsules manufactured by Coffee Technologies

It is noted that the production of capsule coffee was launched with state support - with the involvement of funds from the Fund for the Promotion of Lending to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses of the Republic of Karelia and the Regional Industrial Development Fund (FRP). The volume of investments in the project by November 21, 2023 was not disclosed. Coffee Technologies plans to attract another loan from the republican FRP to purchase additional more powerful coffee equipment and roasting machines.

The facility is located on the leased territory of the Petrozavodsk branch of AEM-Technologies Engineering Company JSC. Now the enterprise has one production line, in the future it is planned to open two more. There will also be a conveyor for packaging finished products.

All over the world they are made in Switzerland and in Italy. Going forward, we have plans to expand and produce other, better-known capsule formats. The equipment at the enterprise is also the only one of its kind - we developed it ourselves during the year together with Chinese engineers, - said the general director of Coffee Technologies LLC Andrei Levunin, whose words are quoted by the press service of the Government of the Republic of Karelia.

By November 2023, the plant has one production line and eight people, subsequently there will be three lines and the number of personnel will increase to 20. It is assumed that a separate conveyor will pack the finished capsules.^[1]

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