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On the investment portal of the region, the section “Investment priorities of the Dnipropetrovsk region” is presented, which includes industries and types of production in which there is an extremely high need for the economy of Ukraine. The products specified in the priorities section are in demand by Ukrainian consumers and have a significant sales market, which is increasing, but is compensated to a greater extent by imports. Dnipropetrovsk region has the appropriate raw material base, high professional human resources for the implementation of investment projects in the specified industries, as well as production and relevant enterprises for the creation of cooperation of productions in the specified priorities.
Potential investors are offered the creation of enterprises in 6 priority areas of development of the region, namely: production of glass, titanium and titanium products, hydrogen and agricultural machinery, rolled steel with a polymer coating and waste processing. In the specified priorities, enterprises for production cooperation, potential value, productivity, places for the implementation of investment projects, domestic and foreign markets, raw material base were also studied.
For example, a promising type of sheet glass for the production organization is currently float glass, the production capacity of which we do not have, so the market needs are covered by imports. The largest share of sheet glass (97%, or $150 million/year) is float glass. This type of glass is used in almost all cases of production of double-glazed windows and facade systems, as well as for further processing – production of safety glass, automotive glass, various types of decorative glass, etc.
A land plot in the industrial zone of Vilnohorsk is offered for the creation of float glass production. The territory has a favorable logistics infrastructure, and access roads and railway tracks are located at a distance of 200-300 m. There is also a raw material base for a quick start of the project: quartz sand for the glass industry, produced by the Vilnohirsky Mining and Metallurgical Combine branch of the United Mining and Chemical Company JSC. The expected production volume of which is 750 t/day.
The land plot is included in the General Plan of the city of Vilnohirsk and has all the necessary logistical and engineering infrastructure for the creation of a modern industrial enterprise.
You can get a detailed look at the investment priorities supported by the DIA at the link