malaiesti village, orhei region, md-3536 tel/fax: (373 235) 51648 gsm: (+373) 79535158 email:...

Malaiesti Village, Orhei Region, MD-3536Tel/Fax: (373 235) 51648GSM: (+373) 79535158Email: vindex_agro@yahoo.com

Fruit and Vegetable Producer

Vindex-Agro Ltd

• Founded in February 2000

• 3 founding members

• 50 workers

• 500 ha

Major Activities

• Production, procurement and marketing of high value products, fruit and vegetables

• Offering services to small farmers by procuring and marketing agricultural products

The Company Has

• Irrigation system for 34 ha of vegetables – 30 ha - drip irrigation– 4 ha - sprinkling

• New orchards - 30 ha

• 7 new tractors with implements for proper production technologies

• Low tunnels for early vegetable growing

Economic Indicators

• Company Equity – 4,300,000 lei• Annual sales and profits:

Year Sales, lei Profits, lei

2004 2,421,325 526,530

2005 3,472,465 613,512

2006 3,945,042 1,448,029

2007 3,860,564 1,631,714

Marketing of Products

• 30% – through supermarkets

• 20% – schools and kidergartens from Orhei and Telenesti regions

• 15% – exports to Romania and Belarus

• 20% – Orhei, Chisinau and Balti markets

• 15% – processing industry

Quality Management

• Requirements to agricultural products change, we now need GlobalGAP certification. We have started taking the necessary steps for obtaining certification.

• To comply with GlobalGAP requirements the products need to be sorted, packaged and stored.

• In order to better comply with the supermarket requirements the deliveries should be consistent over a longer period of time.

• Unfortunately, currently our products are sold directly from the field.

needs a packing house to meet constantly rising

market requirements

Vindex-Agro Ltd

Advantages (1)

• The company owns a good lot for construction strategically located along the Chisinau-Balti road.

• All the utility networks are in place: electric power, water, sewage system.

• All the permits from the local authorities have been obtained.

Advantages (2)

• Establishment of packing houses is envisaged in the Government strategy and subsidizing policy.

• This will be the first vegetable packing house in Moldova.

• Packing house design has been completed by a specialized construction design company.

Packing House Design (1)

• Total capacity - 1,000 m²

• 6 cold storage rooms with 540 ton capacity

• Precooling room

• Sorting and packaging lines for fruit and vegetables in various packages, both for exports and supermarkets

Packing House Design (2)

• The company’s output will be used to fill the packing house by 50% (during 12 months of the year)

• Another 50% - produce collected from farmers from the neighborhood regions: Orhei, Telenesti, Rezina, Straseni

• 1,500 tons of produce will be processed by the packing house during one year

• 15 new jobs

• 20,000,000 lei or 1,200,000 Euros

• Investment repayment period – 5 years

Packing House Costs

Note: Obtaining loans for such projects in Moldova is problematic because of the lack of inexpensive or long term loans on the market

Appeal to Investors

We are looking for an investor

or partner who could help us

to implement this project