President inaugurates cotton cleaning plant at Ashgabat
24 Oct '07
1 min read
Cotton-cleaning plant with an investment of US $12.8 million, was inaugurated at Ruhabat district near Ashgabat on October 22. The facility based on a turnkey system was built by Turkish Gap Inshaat company.
The plant, spread over an area of 14 hectares, is expected to produce 90 thousand tons of cotton every year. Most importantly, the unit is equipped with 3 warehouses, each having the capacity of accommodating 2500 tons of ready products, 5000 tons of cotton seeds and 1000 tons of raw cotton.
Moreover, special equipments from US Continental Eagle Company has been supplied to the plant that gives employment to over 230 people. The inauguration of this wasteless and environment friendly plant was done by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
Besides, the Foodstuffs Association of Turkmenistan has arranged for a new cotton-seed oil mill to be constructed near the plant. The contract for this project is undertaken by Turkish company Polimeks and will involve a sum of over $67.8 million.
This cotton-seed oil mill will process 300 tons of cotton seeds per day making it extremely convenient to directly supply ready products from the plant.
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