Progress-Agro

"Progress" is Agro one of the agrobusinesses South. Russia The company is developing in the areas of genetics, deep processing of grain and digitalization of processes. For the first time in Russia, the Progress Agro Group of Companies developed and introduced a project for the transplantation of embryos of Holstein cows, which increased the profitability of dairy farming by 30 percent. The breeders of the company annually produce new high-yielding seed varieties for various climatic zones.

History

2024: Construction of the plant for 600 million rubles

In the capital of Adygea, the construction of a plant for the production of polymer products of the Progress Agro group of companies has been completed. This project worth more than ₽600 million was announced on November 27, 2024. The launch of production will significantly reduce the region's dependence on imported polymer products and provide local manufacturers with high-quality packaging materials of domestic production.

The plant will begin operation before the end of 2024, and will reach full production capacity in 2025. The company will produce bags for packing sugar and flour, car inserts, big bags, various types of film and multifilament thread.

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General Director of Progress Agro Group Anton Ulanov said that the goal of the project is to replace imported products and strengthen the position of domestic producers, as well as improve working conditions for employees.

The company will become the second in the division of polymer products of the group after the plant in Ust-Labinsk, Krasnodar Territory, launched in 2021 with a capacity of 10 million bags per year. The new production will quadruple the total output.

500 jobs will be created at the plant. The products are intended for the construction industry, agriculture and the freight sector.

Since April 2020, Progress Agro has been included in the list of backbone enterprises in the agro-industrial complex of Russia. The group brings together enterprises in the field of crop production, animal husbandry and agricultural culture breeding.

The company's revenue in 2023 exceeded ₽19 billion. The management is a land bank with an area of ​ ​ 134 thousand hectares and a park of 3 thousand pieces of equipment.

The opening of a new plant contributed to the growth of industrial production in Adygea - the index in January-May 2024 amounted to 111.7% compared to the same period in 2023.^[1]

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