Index of Investment Opportunities
1. Georgia - Fisheries
2. Georgia - Medical
3. Georgia - Consumer Goods
4. Kazakhstan - Freight Forwarding
5. Kazakhstan -Agriculture
6. Moldova - Frozen Fruit and Vegetable Production
7. Moldova - Automobile Engines Production
8. Moscow, Russia - Cardboard Production
9. Novosibirsk, Russia - Pharmaceuticals
10. Novosibirsk, Russia - Jewelry
11. Novosibirsk, Russia - Cafe or Fast Food Restaurant
12. Novosibirsk, Russia - Construction and Wood Processing
13. Novosibirsk, Russia - Food Stuffs
14. Tatarstan, Russia - Auto Repair and Service Center
15. Turkmenistan - Packaging

*** Georgia ***

1. Industry: Fisheries
Company: AIA-90, Ltd.
Founded in 1990, the private company AIA-90, Ltd. employees 10 people. Its main activity is breeding rainbow trout. AIA-90, Ltd. is attempting to breed rainbow trout in the Georgian Department of Land-Reclamation and Water Industry's reservoirs. The company has concluded a long-term agreement with the Department for arranging floating nursing ponds (i.e. cages for breeding fish) in the Sioni and Algeti reservoirs. According to the company's management, use of big water reservoirs enriched with oxygen allows them to put dense amounts of young fish in small areas and breed the fish by intensive feeding. Besides using the nursing pond method, AIA-90 plans to breed the trout by the traditional pond (pool) method. The company has concluded a ten-year agreement with the nursery industry of Ujarma (35 km from Tbilisi). This complex has a trout-pond industry with 17 ponds encompassing 2,600 square meters of area with the capacity of 40 tons of trout per year. The company seeks an American partner to investment in the project.
Contact: S. Kohreidze, Director
173 Makhati Hill
Tbilisi, Georgia 380111
Tel: (995 32) 95 11 26
Fax: (995 32) 93 37 59 (Attn.: David Chantladze)

2. Industry: Medical
Company: Health Care Service 009, Ltd.
Health Care Service 009, Ltd. was established in August 1996 and licensed by the Ministry of Health of Georgia. The company employees 67 people (not including 30 consultants in different medical fields). Health Care Service 009, Ltd. is privately owned. The company has an office with a total area of 250 square meters. The company has an Emergency department, a Personal Doctors' department and an Administration department. The office is located in the central region of Tbilisi, has a water supply and a self-contained system for providing twenty-four-hours of electricity a day. The company provides high quality primary and emergency medical care. Health Care Service 009, Ltd. plans to expand its operations to other major regions of Georgia. The company seeks an American partner to provide modern equipment.
Contact: Vakhtang Surguladze, General Manager
17 Tamarashvili St.
Tbilisi, Georgia 380060
Tel/Fax: (995 32) 94 30 09
E-mail: hcs009@ns.global-erty.net

3.Industry: Consumer Goods
Company: Tbilkhelsatsko
Joint Stock Company Tbilkhelsatsko was established in 1959. It is located on 4.2 hectares of land in the industrial area of the outskirts of Tbilisi, close to the airport. Its charter capital is US$467,000. 60 percent of the JSC Tbilkhelsatsko was privatized in 1996. JSC Tbilkhelsatsko employees 280 people. In Soviet times the company produced tachometers, fire alarms and oil measuring devices. Most of these products were exported to ports in Ukraine, Russia and the Baltic states. The models are now considered to be obsolete due to a lack of production innovation. In the meantime the company started producing consumer goods such as irons, travel irons, electrical stoves and lamps. In the past, raw material supply was organized via the central Soviet administration in each republic. Aluminum, plastic granules, steal plating and other assembly parts came primarily from Russia, Azerbaijan and the Ukraine. The supply network is partially maintained by staying in contact with the suppliers. The company is looking for an American investor in order to expand its business.
Contact: Tamaz Bezhanishvili, Managing Director
24a Moscow Alley
Tbilisi, Georgia 380037
Tel: (995 32) 95 70 41
Fax: (995 32) 71 52 54 or 93 37 59 (Attention David Chantladze)

*** Kazakhstan ***

4. Industry: Freight Forwarding
Company: Universal Expediters LLP
Universal Expediters LLP was registered under its current name in August, 1997. UNEX has specialized in cargo shipping since 1995. It provides a wide range of logistic services including but not limited to: international door to door shipping; express courier cargo deliveries; oversized and hazardous cargo transportation; security services; warehousing; customs services; documentation support; projects planning, development and monitoring; and consulting services.

UNEX currently employs eight people. The company has an office in the center of Almaty and has access to up to 10,000 sq.m. of equipped, secured warehouses under different customs regimes. UNEX maintains a database of various types of services and uses specialized logistics software. The annual sales and production volume of the company is US$1.5 million. U.S., European, and CIS companies with operations in Kazakhstan make up 80 percent of UNEX's client base. Among its clients are: Newmont, Boart Longyear, and the Customs Committee of Kazakhstan. The company is also an agent for British Airways World Cargo.

Universal Expediters seeks a U.S. business partner to help it provide a full range of high quality shipping services in Kazakhstan and internationally. UNEX wants to become a representative of a U.S. freight forwarding and shipping company. A business plan in Russian and English is available upon request. The company can conduct business in English.
Contact: Mr. Alexander Konokhov, Logistics Manager
143 Abay Prospect, 410 Office
Almaty, Kazakhstan 480009
Tel: 7 (3272) 50-08-51
Fax: 7 (3272) 50-64-26
E-mail: unex@kaznet.kz
Or U.S. Embassy Commercial Service:
531 Seyfullin Prospect, 3rd Floor
Almaty, Kazakhstan 480083
Tel: 7 (3272) 63-36-03
Fax: 7 (327) 581-1576
E-mail: OAlmaty@doc.gov
Source: BISNIS Representative Kazakhstan

5. Industry: Agriculture
Company: AO Combikorm
AO Combikorm, a private joint-stock company, was established in 1994. The firm specializes in mixed fodder production. Combikorm is one of the larger suppliers of cotton and soya ground oil cake in Kazakhstan. The company imports limestone flour from the Central Asian republics, nutrient yeast, and protein and vitamin enriched substances from Russia. Combikorm supplies raw materials to other Kazakhstani fodder manufacturers and exports its own ready products to CIS countries.

Since 1996, the company owns 73.5 percent of AO Combikorm-Astyk which is one of the five large Kazakhstani fodder producing plants. The plant is located approximately 400 km from Almaty in the northwestern part of the country. The production capacity of the plant is 200,000 tons per year. The president of Combikorm, with more than 20 years of experience in the industry, is also the director of the plant.

In 1997, Combikorm purchased 70 percent of a former collective farm which is now Combikorm-Agro joint stock company. Combikorm-Agro is located next to Combikorm-Astyk and includes: a cattle raising farm (10,000 animals), hog raising farm (3,000 animals), dairy farm (400 animals), and 13,000 hectares of land (8,000 - ploughing land, 5,000 - non irrigated, 3,000 - irrigated). Fixed assets of the company include: a full complex of production facilities and social infrastructure. Combikorm-Agro cultivates wheat, barley, rice, sunflower, gourds and vegetables. The company owns a brewery, a bakery, macaroni production lines, a sausage production shop, a trading house and a beer bar. In 1997 AO Combikorm received part of an Asian Development Bank agricultural loan ($ 2.8 million) which was used to purchase and install a flour mill with a capacity of 150 tons per day.

AO Combikorm employs 300 people including management. Its annual sales and production volume is US$10.7 million. Since 1994, the firm has experience working with various international suppliers. It has a strong working relationship with the Poultry Scientific Research Institute under the Kazakhstani Agricultural Academy. Recently the firm established business connections with the American Soybean Association. In conjunction with Kazcommerzbank, a leading Kazakhstani bank, Cargill, and Trade Grain, AO Combikorm is purchasing up to 75,000 tons of soybeans in the U.S. (By the GSM-102 program). The firm plans to process the soybeans at AO Combikorm-Astyk using machinery of a U.S. company JNSTA PRO INTERNATIONAL.

AO Combikorm seeks a U.S. joint venture partner/investor to process soybeans in Kazakhstan which might include: soya production, soya oil and soya flour production, and marketing and selling soya products in Kazakhstan and other Central Asian republics. A business plan in Russian is available upon request. AO Combikorm is interested in becoming a representative or a distributor for a U.S. company. The firm seeks a U.S. partner to introduce highly-productive U.S. technologies to produce beef, pork, poultry; to process meat at the company's plant; and to sell meat products in the Kazakhstani market. The firm can conduct business in English.
Contacts: Mr. Vladislav Egorov, President
6 Zalomova Street, 86 ap.
Almaty, Kazakhstan 480037
Tel: 7 (3272) 35-77-96, 69-15-94
Fax: 7 (3272) 35-77-96, 67-73-55
or U.S. Embassy Commercial Service:
531 Seyfullin Prospect, 3rd Floor
Almaty, Kazakhstan 480083
Tel: 7 (3272) 63-36-03
Fax: 7 (327) 581-1576
E-mail: OAlmaty@doc.gov
Source: BISNIS Representative Kazakhstan

*** Moldova ***

6. Industry: Frozen Fruit and Vegetable Production
Company: Milk Joint-Stock Company
The Milk joint-stock company (JSC) located in Chisinau, Moldova is one of the leading Moldovan food-processing enterprises. Milk JSC is a privatized company that has a stable financial position and excellent business reputation as one of the best local food producers. Milk JSC manufactures not only a large variety of traditional milk products, but also has experienced and skilled specialists to expand its business into new production sectors. By the end of 1997, authorized capital of the Milk JSC was US$4 million and the capital assets were US$13.5 million. Milk JSC has a relatively low rate of energy consumption and regular local raw material supply.

The Moldovan company would like to establish a Moldovan-American joint venture for frozen fruit and vegetables production. The company estimates it will produce 2.5 to 3,000 tons of frozen fruits and vegetables per year using its production facilities. The company can store 400-500 tons of final product in refrigerators at a temperature of minus 25 degrees centigrade as well as other refrigerating U.S.-made facilities and special deposits with cooling systems. Raw material for the final products will be mostly purchased from the local agricultural companies at a relatively low cost. The company can ensure regular supply of the following kinds of vegetables and fruit: cabbage, carrots, split greenpeas, peaches, plums, pears, apples, cherries, raspberry, strawberry, red and black currants, apricots, and grapes.

The total amount of the required additional investment for the realization of this project is US$3 million that includes the purchase of three production lines, two automatic refrigerators with the cargo capacity of 3-5 tons, and 200 sets of shop refrigerator equipment. Milk JSC will guarantee an investment return of 25 percent of the company shares that amount to the investment required. The initial evaluation of the project shows its profitability of US$2.33 million in the first year of the project implementation.

The Milk JSC will offer the production space for the technological lines and its warehouses, will ensure installation of the equipment, raw materials supply, processing, and its storage, will be responsible for marketing and sales of final products on the local market. The Moldovan company expects a potential partner to supply equipment, organize the production process in conformity to international norms and standards, and promote the final products on the international market.

Experts of Milk JSC performed an initial market research that showed possibilities for the final products export to the Newly Independent States, as well as to Central and Western European countries.
Contact: Commercial Section
American Embassy in Moldova
Strada Mateevici 103
Chisinau, Moldova 2009
Fax: [3732] 233-044
Source: BISNIS Representative, Helen Midori.

7. Industry: Automobile Engines Production
Company: Vasile Sibov, Inventor
Vasile Sibov is very well-known to both Moldovan and international inventors. For more than 20 years he has been an inventor and is the owner of two patents protected in 20 pct countries. Mr. Sibov took part in a number of international exhibitions with a refurbished engine he invented. In February 1998, he was a participant at the first inventors olympic games, Genius 98, and the international invention exposition that took place in Budapest, and was awarded a Genius 98 prize.

Complete information on the invention in question can be found in the international publication published under the patent cooperation treaty (pct). The international publication number of the invention is wo 96/01943, its international publication date is 25 January 1996, its international application number is pct/md95/00002, and its title is: method of piston internal combustion engine working and piston internal combustion engine.

From the publication summary: the invention relates to engine-building and more particularly to a method of piston internal combustion engine working and may be used in stationary power generating plants and in transport. Among other benefits, the invention also reduces specific fuel consumption by half, increases efficiency up to 50 percent, decreases discharge of toxic gases into the atmosphere by 50 percent, decreases tare of metallic substances content by half, and increases liter capacity by 200 percent.

A working sample of an engine that was rebuilt using this method is available and Mr. Sibov is able to demonstrate the below mentioned characteristics that have been proved by some international specialists:
As a result of a test, the engine reduced the production of toxic gases considerably compared to a usual engine: the co content constitutes 0.8 percent, the nitric oxides no(x) are 0.001 - 0.002 percent; the fuel consumption reached 190-200 grammes per hour. During the test, the fuel did not contain detonating additives in it which could considerably improve the results.

At present, Mr. Sibov, in association with a Moldovan commercial bank and a Moldovan plant engaged in the production of engines, is developing a business plan for joint production of new and refurbishment of old automobile engines using the above method. Mr. Sibov's associates will provide production facilities for the project and partial financing for it. The inventor also conducted preliminary negotiations with the world Bank in Moldova regarding partial financing for the project and received a positive answer.

Mr. Sibov estimates to complete a business plan for this project in a month and will be able to provide a copy of it to any interested american company. The inventor expects a potential American partner to supply modern equipment for the engines' production and, and eventually, to assist with financing.

Interested American companies are encouraged to contact Mr. Sibov at the following fax number for more information on the project and his inventions.
Contact: Vasile Sibov
Inventor/Project Coordinator
Tel: [3732] 747580
Fax: [3732] 747281
Tel/Fax: [3732] 221123
Please send a copy of your response to:
Commercial Section
American Embassy in Moldova
Strada Mateevici 103
Chisinau, Moldova 2009
Fax: [3732] 233-044
Source: BISNIS Representative, Helen Midori

*** Moscow, Russia ***

8. Industry: Cardboard Production
COompany: Soyuz
The company Soyuz was established in 1930 and privatized in 1993. It specializes in the production of corrugated cardboard and two-colored corrugated cardboard packaging items. Soyuz is the largest company of its kind in the Moscow Region with planned production of 90 million sq.m. of corrugated cardboard. Soyuz supplies its production to a number of companies in the food industry including Pepsi-Cola, Coca-Cola, Danone, and Mars, in the agricultural sector, and to companies in the chemical and furniture industries. The company owns 7 hectares of land including 2.4 hectares of production premises and 2,000 sq.m. of storage space. Its annual sales total US$15,000,000.

The company seeks a U.S. partner for modernizing production equipment. The estimated project cost is US$2.5-3 million and expected implementation period is 3-5 years. Soyuz suggests two ways of possible cooperation: leasing or sale of 23 Percent of company's stock. The company is open to other similar forms of cooperation as well. A business plan is available upon request.
Contact: Igor' O. Zagoryan
General Director
Promyshlennaya St., 9
Moscow, Russia 115516
Tel: 7-(095) 119-0833, 325-2157
Fax: 7-(095) 321-6944

*** Novosibirsk, Russia ***

9. Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Company: Novosibirsky Zavod Meditsinskikh Preparatov
Novosibirsky Zavod Meditsinskikh Preparatov (NZMP) was established in 1961. The company specializes in the production of pharmaceuticals. The company has been involved in pilled pharmaceuticals production since 1961, and in liquid pharmaceuticals production since 1997. It has 8.5 hectares of land, 14,000 sq.m. of production space, and 1,000 sq.m. of warehousing space. The company holds licenses to sell its products in the Siberian Region. Among the company's 120 customers are wholesale companies in the Siberian Region, and drug stores in Novosibirsk. The company employs 150 people, and its annual production volume total US$3,500,000. The company has strong government contacts, and international business experience with First Alpine (Austria), and Panam Pharmaceuticals (U.S.). It plans to expand its business to include the production of a wider range of pharmaceuticals.

The company seeks a joint venture to produce and package various types of pharmaceuticals. A U.S. partner would contribute equipment/investment/technologies. NZMP will contribute its production space and facilities, licensed warehouse space, highly qualified work force, its customer base, and knowledge of the Permission System established by the Ministry of Public Health of Russian Federation. In addition, the company is looking for a distribution agreement with a U.S. supplier of pharmaceuticals. A potential partner would be required to have its products certified in Russia.
Contact:Nadezhda Zakharovna Mukhortova
Stancionnaya St., 80
Novosibirsk, Russia 630071
Tel: 7-3832-410422
Fax: 7-3832-405501

10. Industry: Jewelry
Company: Adalit, Ltd.
Adalit, Ltd. was established in 1992. The company specializes in the production and wholesale/retail of jewelry items made of gold. The company owns 800 sq.m. and rents 260 sq.m. of production space, owns 180 sq.m. and rents 50 sq.m. of space in retail stores. Currently, the company has three stores, and will have two more stores by the end of 1998. Its annual sales of jewelry items in 1997 totaled US$1,280,000. The company has wholesale customers in Siberia and the Russian Far East. The company seeks a U.S. supplier of half-finished jewelry products. In addition, the company seeks a joint venture with a U.S. partner to produce jewelry items from half-finished jewelry products. A partnerwould contribute half-finished jewelry products/ equipment/investment. The company is specifically interested in the equipment for making lightweight hollow chains, and rubber forms of samples of jewelry items. Adalit will contribute its production space, work force, equipment, and extensive customer base.
Contact: Vitaly Vitukhin
Kotovsky St., 21
Novosibirsk, Russia 630100
Tel: 7-3832-463389, 516696
Fax: 7-3832-463389

11. Industry: Cafe or Fast-Food Restaurant
Company: Edinstvo, Ltd.
Edinstvo, Ltd. was established in 1988. The company specializes in the wholesale/retail of office and home furniture. The company owns two stores with a total area of 900 sq.m., and office space. The company rents a number of warehouses with a total area of 600 sq.m. Its annual sales of furniture total US$2,360,000. The company has international business experience with furniture producers in Italy, such as STYLOFFICE, FULL, Di IORIO, GIGLI S.R.L., COMEL, ARTIGIAN MOBILI, TARQUINI, and producers in Denmark, such as SCANBIRK, CLAB 8. Its clients are organizations and individuals with a high level of income. The company plans to expand its business to include a an cafe or fast-food restaurant business.

The company seeks a partner to establish a Rostlik-, or McDonalds-type cafe or fast-food restaurant in one of its stores with area of 300 sq.m. Various forms of cooperation, including a joint venture, can be considered. The company is willing to contribute financial investment, its real estate property, work force, and advertising. A partner would contribute a financial investment and/or cafe or restaurant equipment, technology, and market research. Establishing a chain of cafe or fast-food restaurants in Novosibirsk can be considered in the future.
Contact: Sergei Zagulyaev, General Director
Dachnaya St., 38
Novosibirsk, Russia 630082
Tel: 7-3832-164544
Fax: 7-3832-164751

12. Industry: Construction and Wood-Processing
Company: Sibir, Ltd.
Sibir, Ltd. was established in 1990. The company employs 546 people. The company has been involved in construction for 8 years. It is a leader in monolithic housing construction in the Siberian Region, and is able to construct comfortable houses and apartment buildings with a total area of 200,000 sq.m. a year. As of 1-1-98, the company built 32 complexes of 10-16-floor apartment buildings for 1,400 apartments in Novosibirsk and Novokuznetsk. The company owns 1,500 sq.m. 3-floor office building in Novosibirsk; 73,754 sq.m. production space with
warehousing facilities; and 35,768 sq.m. facility for construction and transportation equipment. The company leases, on a long-term basis, land parcels for construction in the city of Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, and the city of Novokuznetsk (Kemerovo Oblast), with a total area of 98,365 sq.m. Its annual sales of housing buildings and apartments total US$3,800,000.

In addition, the company has been involved in wood-processing for 3 years. The company produces high-quality furniture panels, massive doors, various types of windows and wooden products. The company markets its products in Russia and Western Europe. The company has equipment for construction and wood-processing produced by SCHWING, KAMATSY, TOYOTA, ICE, PERI, WEINIG, OTT, Reimann, Maveg, Paul, WIGO, Wagner, Wuster&Dietz, Schroter, Altendorf, etc. Its annual sales of construction materials and wooden products total US$2,266,000. Its main customers are RAO "Gasprom", concern "KuzbassRazrezUgol", administration of Chukotsky Krai, Novosibirsk Oblast administration, Mayor*s Office of the city of Novosibirsk, "Sibimpex" company (Germany), etc.

The company has international business experience with Schwing-Stetter, ICE, Outinord, Kamatsy, Toyota, Ashford, Weinig, Fischer, Altendorf, AMCO, Espen, Sibimpex etc. The company markets its products in Europe, and buys equipment and technologies, food products and consumer goods from foreign companies. The company has strong government contacts with both Oblast and City administrations.It seeks investors for three investment projects. 1. Construction of a complex of apartment buildings in the central part of Novosibirsk. The company started construction in January, 1998, and plans to finish in 1999. Investment required is US$5 million. The cost of the project will be covered within 20 months. Profitability of the project is 25.5 percent. 2. Construction of a complex of apartment buildings in the central part of Novokuznetsk. The company started construction in January, 1998, and plans to finish in 1999. Investment required is US$5 million. The cost of the project will be covered within three years. Profitability of the project is 38.8 percent. 3. Production of wider range of high-quality wooden products and construction materials. Investment required is US$1,470,000. The cost of the project will be covered within 10 months after starting from the day of receiving profit from the sales of the products produced. The company has specific partners in Europe to distribute the products to other countries. Profitability of the project is 90 percent.

Potential partners would contribute financial investment and/or wood-processing equipment and technologies on a long-term lease basis. The following equipment is particularly needed: equipment for drying cameras with capacity of 80 cubic meters (6 units); hot pressing equipment for sticking 1,300x2,500 size panels (3 units); parquetry equipment; sawing equipment; profile-polishing, milling, and four-sided planing machines.

The company will contribute its diverse production facilities, equipment, qualified work force, trained in France and Germany, high-quality advertising, well-established customer base in Russia and Europe. Business plans for all the projects are available upon request.
In addition, the company seeks a distribution/dealership agreement with U.S. suppliers of wood-processing and construction equipment and technologies to market them in the Siberian Region.
Contact: Danilov, Alexander, Head of the Foreign Relations Department
Sadovaya St., 20
Novosibirsk, Russia
Tel: 7-3832-100302
Fax: 7-3832-100268
E-mail: sibir@gin.global-one.ru

13. Industry: Food Stuffs
Company: ORS, Ltd.
ORS, Ltd. was privatized in 1996. The company specializes in the wholesale of food stuffs, particularly alcohol, and non-alcohol beverages, beer, canned food, vegetable oil, and confectionery. Customers of the company are retail stores and wholesale companies in Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Tomsk Oblasts, and Altai Krai. The company has more than 5,000 sq.m. of warehousing space, and 2,500 sq.m. of total space for stores. The company employs more than 70 people, and its annual sales total more than US$25,000,000. It seeks a U.S. supplier of food products, particularly alcohol beverages, beer, and frozen chicken. Distribution agreement with a partner can be considered. In addition, the company seeks a joint venture to produce food products. It will contribute investment, a qualified work force, production space, and distribution of products produced. A potential partner would contribute investment/equipment, technology, and staff training.
Contact: Yuri Mikhailovich Pasko
ORS, Ltd.
Frunze St., 5, Floor 1
Novosibirsk, Russia 630091
Phone: 7-3832-215361, 216650
Fax: 7-3832-216138
E-mail: commerce@gin.global-one.ru

*** Tatarstan, Russia ***

14. Industry: Auto Repair and Service Center
Company: Sigma Company, Ltd.
The Sigma Company, Ltd. was established in 1991. The company specializes in the design, manufacturing, installation and servicing of automated automobile diagnostic systems; delivery, installation and servicing of Global Position System (GPT) receivers. It also trades in automotive accessories. Sigma owns 37 sq. m. of office space and 31 sq. m. of production and testing space. It was the first company in Tatarstan to design and make automotive diagnostic systems. Its annual sales total US$20,000. The company has international business experience. In particular, Sigma has an agent agreement with such companies as Adams Aviation Supply Company, Ltd., U.K., (GPS units), II Morrow Inc., U.S. (GPS units), American Export Register, U.S. (promotion and distribution of AER brochures). They also market fuel expanders under a contract with International Research and Development, U.S.

The company seeks a U.S. investor to set up a repair and service center in Kazan. Sigma will provide the facility, highly-skilled staff, and its experience and knowledge of the local market. The company can conduct business in English. A business plan in Russian is available upon request.
Contact: Damir G. Fatkoulin, President
P.O. Box 136
Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia 420021
Tel: 7-8432-378-959
Fax: 7-8432-378-959
E-mail: root@sigma.kazan.su
Source: Alexander Gordienko, BISNIS representative

*** Turkmenistan ***

15.
Industry: Packaging
Company: Sebakh, Ltd.
The firm Sebakh, Ltd. was established in 1996. It is a small private enterprise that is primarily engaged in trade activity with US$800,000 in annual sales. Sebakh, Ltd. employs 12 workers and leases a 1,000-square meter production space in Ashgabat.

Sebakh, Ltd. is interested in establishing a joint venture with an American investor to develop two production projects. The first is polyethylene production based on processing used polyethylene bags and packages. The second project is aluminum production based on processing used beverage and beer cans. Both end products will be used domestically in the food and beverage production industry and will be exported to neighboring countries. Both projects will require investment in technology and equipment. Sebakh, Ltd. would like to have business proposals for the financial and/or technology and equipment investment.
Contact: Yusup Kurbanov, Director (speaks Turkmen and Russian)
Sebakh, Ltd.
1 Khivinskaya Street
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 744000
Tel: (993)(12) 39-75-87
Fax: (993)(12) 39-89-55
Source: American Embassy, Ashgabat
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