DCH Group of businessman Oleksandr Yaroslavsky officially announced that Kharkiv Tractor Plant started operating on January 6, the press service of the group has reported.
“Today is the joyful day in the history of Kharkiv Tractor Plant: we have a chance of starting the processes required for the launch of production”, the press service said citing Yaroslavsky.
He also thanked Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Head of Kharkiv Regional Administration Yulia Svitlychna for participation in deciding the fate of the enterprise.
“I am thankful to the Ukrainian president for help in unblocking operation of the plant and the governor of Kharkiv region for consistent support of our efforts in this direction”, he said.
DCH said that employees of the plant involved in the preparation of production facilities for their launch headed by Director General Andriy Koval went working on January 6.
“I as investor in the Kharkiv Tractor Plant aim at providing for rhythmic production process despite all accumulated problems. We are sending workers to the workshops, mobilizing engineers and start launching production. We would have to recover market channels, restore technological potential and economic ties and modernize production facilities. This is a serious scope of work. From the first minute of this day we have started solving these tasks”, Yaroslavsky said. (Interfax/Business World Magazine)