E15: Bauer Technics to build pig farms worth CZK 9bn in Russia

Prague, Oct 15 (CTK) - Czech company Bauer Technics has won a tender to supply a huge complex for the production of port to Russia's Republic of Khakassia, the value of the project being RUB14.5bn (around Kc9bn), server E15 said yesterday.

The project, which is under the state guarantee of the Russian Federation, is the biggest ever export contract the Czech Republic has signed with Russia in agricultural business, the server said.

"The first phase is worth Kc5.18bn. The construction part will be supplied by company PSG," Bauer Technics head Karel Likar told E15.cz.

The delivery includes complex sets of technologies, stall structures and construction work, as well as the training of service staff and management of the farm for two years. Completion of the project is scheduled for December 2014.

The deal is part of a project launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of the programme of development of the Siberia territory. It contains two complex farms for pig breeding. Each of the farms has a capacity of over 150,000 pigs.

Part of the project is also a meat processing plant with a capacity of 280,000 heads of cattle and 300,000 pigs a year, including a large-capacity grain warehouse for 100,000 tonnes and a fodder producing unit, the server said.