Feednova, a company, that realizes the first in Ukraine high-protein feed additives and animal fats production plant, located in Busk city (Lviv region), has secured an investment from UMG Investments. The latter has acquired minority stake. Financial details of the deal are not disclosed.
“The last few weeks have posed unprecedented challenges: we are all learning to work in a new reality without reliable economic forecasts. As a local investor, we understand that once a pandemic crisis is over, no rapid economic recovery will be possible without new projects, job creation and business processes support in portfolio companies. We keep implementing all the previously agreed investment projects, and we are pleased that our investment in Feednova will help to create the first independent operator of animal by-products processing in Ukraine. We believe that participation in Feednova project will allow our portfolio company Recycling Solutions to realize its vast experience and best practices in waste management projects to the fullest extent possible”, said Andriy Gorokhov, CEO of UMG Investments.
The Company will become the first independent operator in Ukraine to process raw materials from external suppliers for production of high-protein feed additives and animal fats for farm animals and pets. The production complex shall have four state-of-the-art production lines and five boilers (MAVITEC, the Netherlands) with a capacity of over 220 tons of raw materials and 90 tons of finished products per day. As an export-oriented company, Feednova will become the major budget revenue generating enterprise in the region and create up to 100 jobs.
“We are building a plant capable of changing the ecosystem of the agriculture in general and livestock farming in particular. The Company will stimulate the technological advancement of the industry and introduce the new quality standards. After all, our work is based on modern technologies and has a high level of environmental safety. By our own example, we will prove that it is possible to raise investments, create conditions for further development of the economy in Ukraine. And this is only the first step, as we are going to develop several similar projects in the south and in the center of Ukraine”, points out Igor Liski, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Effective Investments Group.
Please be adviced that on February 4, 2020, Effective Investments and Mada Participations B.V., the Netherlands announced the commencement of construction of high-protein feed additives and animal fats production plant Feednova in Busk. The total project investments amount to USD 20 million.
UMG Investments is an investment company that establishes and develops businesses with high growth potential. Today, UMG Investments manages portfolio companies in three areas: mineral resources, by-product and waste management, industrial products and services. The market value of the assets under the Company’s management exceeds USD 500 million.
Feednova is a modern plant that will produce high-protein feed additives and animal fats for farm animals and pets. The Company is an investment project of the group of companies “Effective Investments»n in partnership with Mada Participations B.V., the Netherlands. Innovative technologies, strict adherence to international quality standards and transparent conditions of cooperation are the main priorities of the Company.
The online hub DOC.ua, which is part of the Effective Investments group of companies, has introduced a free online consultation with a therapist in the Cherkasy and Kherson regions. This is done in accordance with memoranda of cooperation with regional state administrations and during quarantine.
In order to get qualified specialist advice as soon as possible, you do not need to go to the hospital and risk catching the coronavirus in places where there are a lot of people. Everything can be done without leaving home.
Residents of Cherkasy and Kherson can very easily use this service: just fill out the application on the DOC.ua website. The doctor processes the applications in turn, and soon contacts the patient and, taking into account the description of his well-being, provides the necessary recommendations, suggests what to do next and, if necessary, helps to decipher the test results. Consultations are provided daily, seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The duration of one session is 10 minutes. Usually, this time is enough to get a competent medical express advice.
“The expert opinion of a qualified specialist is better than “useful information” on questionable online forums and sites,” – said Sergey Kazantsev, founder of the online hub. – “Such a consultation is always convenient, professional and safe, because you do not personally contact people and reduce the risk of COVID-19 disease.”
DOC.ua is confident that soon the list of areas with regional state administrations of which Memoranda of cooperation will be concluded will be expanded.
The online medical hub DOC.ua and the chairman of the supervisory board of the Effective Investments group of companies Igor Liski signed a memorandum with the Cherkasy Regional State Administration about joining forces in the fight against COVID-19 in the region.
DOC.ua will provide:
– drug delivery to the patients door;
– online recording of people to doctors throughout Ukraine;
– audio consultations with doctors of various profiles;
– free online testing on COVID-19;
– transportation of doctors to patients;
– informing about prevention, diagnosis and treatment using their own call-center, whose employees have a medical education.
“We use our powerful and efficient services and resources to help Cherkasy,” – said Sergey Kazantsev, founder of the online hub.
Now Cherkasy region is one of the regions of Ukraine where a large number of patients with COVID-19 are recorded, therefore it is very important that the public and private sectors united for a common purpose.
In March, the online medical hub DOC.ua announced that it would direct all its profits to the purchase of
equipment and medical supplies that will help in the fight against the epidemic for the hospitals in Cherkasy and Zhytomyr. The first deliveries of equipment and personal protective equipment for doctors have already taken place.
The online medical hub DOC.ua, which is part of the Effective Investments group of companies, has purchased equipment and other medical supplies for medical institutions in Cherkasy and Zhytomyr. Cherkasy city infectious diseases hospital received a cardiomonitor, an oxygen concentrator, brushes and boilers, and the Zhytomyr Regional Clinical Hospital named after A.F. Gerbachevsky – 140 protective suits. All of this is extremely necessary for doctors during the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
According to Svetlana Volgina, director of the Cherkasy City Infectious Hospital, the help became timely and appropriate.
“This is extremely important for our children’s and adult departments, because we all understand danger of the new virus,” says Svetlana. “We sincerely thank DOC.ua for their indifference to the needs of doctors and patients, to the life and health of people.”
In March, DOC.ua announced that will direct all its profits to the purchase of equipment that will help cope with the new virus for the hospitals in Cherkasy and Zhytomyr.
“We understand that medical facilities are in dire need of help and immediately decided that we will buy what is most relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Sergey Kazantsev, founder of the online hub. – The company immediately turned to doctors with a proposal to create a list of what they need right now. After receiving the information, we quickly contacted with suppliers of medical equipment and goods, which has all the relevant certification, and now we are transferring the first batch. “
Now DOC.ua continues active communication with the leadership of medical institutions on the following purchases.
“We are doing everything to confront the pandemic, we are helping doctors and medical facilities at all levels, and we urge all who care to join us,” said Igor Liski, chairman of the supervisory board of the Effective Investments group of companies. – We can win the fight against coronavirus only by joint efforts. “
DOC.ua is an online medical hub founded in 2014. This is a convenient online medicine: audio consultations, a doctor’s call at home, drug delivery? safe reception in the clinic. Now DOC.ua database has more than 10 thousand doctors, more than 1.5 thousand medical institutions throughout Ukraine and leading laboratories. Service is available 24/7.
The COVID-19 online symptom test is free and designed to independently identify the potential risks of a new virus.
The express test is available for users in Telegram, Viber and on the DOC.ua website. Testing takes 1-2 minutes. You will find out which risk group your current state of health can be attributed to: satisfactory, suspected ARVI, or coronavirus. Chatbot will tell you what to do or who to contact.
The user needs to answer simple questions about health status, contact with patients and recent travels. The test is based on the recommendations of the World Health Organization for healthcare providers on the initial survey of patients with a potential threat of infection with the COVID-19 virus.
The test results are for informational purposes and are not a medical diagnosis. If signs of the disease are detected, we recommend that: if you are in serious condition, call an ambulance, if it’s moderate and light, consult your family doctor or therapist in online consultations or make an appointment.
The online test was developed by the medical online hub DOC.ua with the expert support of the investor Quarter Partners. The technology partner is Middlewar.
“When the best – DOC.ua, Quarter Partners and Middleware – joined to help people, a wonderful convenient product appears,” – says Sergey Kazantsev, founder of DOC.ua. – “This test will help a person not to panic and not to guess for individual symptoms, but to quickly and safely get structured information.”
The medical expert system for the COVID-19 test was created on the basis of the Middleware platform Deepmemo Rules Engine. It is integrated into the Doc.ua digital ecosystem using the Corezoid Process Engine.
“Using Middleware solutions, we, as an investor, plan to accelerate the development of DOC.ua,” – comments Nikolay Shapovalov, Managing Partner of Quarter Partners Investment Company. – “We also see great potential for the development of expert systems that help doctors and patients do a preliminary analysis of their health status. One example of such a system is the COVID-19 bot. It allows the user to receive a recommendation and, just as importantly, a high-quality medical service on the DOC.ua platform. This approach provides a fundamentally new level of user experience in medicine. We believe that this is the future.”
The effectiveness of the modernization of the KM-14 roasting machine, which was carried out by the specialists of Ukraine Energy in the sinter shop of the Zaporizhstal plant, was confirmed. The specialists of the metallurgical enterprise have estimated that the consumption of natural gas will decrease by more than 1 million cubic meters per year, and the quality of sintering roasting has already increased by 13%.
Professionals of the Ukraine Energy completely changed the heating system of the unit, so that it could work both on natural gas and on the coke domain mixture. During the modernization, the entire gas-air piping was replaced, and a new automation system with a control cabinet, a metering station for natural and mixed gases, a primary and backup fans with frequency converters were installed.
In addition, the company’s specialists manufactured and supplied a multi-fuel burner device (in cooperation with the Gas Institute of the NAS of Ukraine) carried out all installation and commissioning works, as well as personnel training.
“Thanks to the Zaporizhstal for choosing us to modernize the roasting machine, and for effective partnership during this difficult time,” – said Roman Melnikov, Technical Director of Ukraine Energy.
Kyiv Volunteer Headquarters began its work in the capital of Ukraine. The main goal of the organization is to combine the efforts of the authorities, business and caring citizens to counter the epidemic of coronavirus. The chief coordinator of the headquarters is Igor Liski, chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Effective Investments Group of Companies, and co-coordinator is Maxim Bakhmatov, adviser to the mayor of Kyiv. The organization collaborates with the Unified Coordination Center of the Kyiv City State Administration, created in pursuance of a separate order of the Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko.
“We also established partnerships with the same headquarters in Lviv, Odesa, Zhytomyr and Kharkіv,” notes Igor Liski.
The headquarters includes established experts in medicine, supplies, crisis management, logistics, interaction with local communities and opinion leaders.
Fundraising has begun for the purchase or production of protective equipment: medical masks, gowns, shields, apparatus of artificial ventilation of the lungs. It is planned to build or deploy a hospital, that can accommodate 10 000 people. All expenses of the collected money will be reported to the public.
Particular attention is paid to the doctors who are now between us and the virus: they will be engaged in their placement, nutrition, transportation to workplaces and the provision of medical equipment for personal protection. Also the efforts of all those who care to help aged people, low-income people and people with disabilities are coordinated.
In addition, the headquarters intends to control officials so that budget funds aimed at combating the epidemic go only as intended.
“We call on business, authorities and all caring citizens to support our efforts, help people and prevent the spread of the virus,” – says Maxim Bakhmatov. – The headquarters does not collect money and does not use budgetary funds, but only coordinates procurement activities. And we do not follow the ‘acquire for acquiring’ path. Our experts study the real needs of clinics for equipment, and doctors – for protective equipment, and find financing for targeted purchases of all necessary. We will report for each hryvnia that you give and make sure that all officials report for all budget spent. Join us, join to help people!”
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DOC.ua reduces the risk of disease for doctors and patients. Medical Online Hub provides remote express consultations with medical professionals. First of all, the new service will involve therapists with whom you can consult the symptoms of coronavirus, ARV, flu and a number of other diseases.
DOC.ua reduces the risk of disease for doctors and patients. Medical Online Hub provides remote express consultations with medical professionals. First of all, the new service will involve therapists with whom you can consult the symptoms of coronavirus, ARV, flu and a number of other diseases.
The consultation allows you to quickly get a specialist’s recommendation and make the right decision regarding the need for further treatment. The doctor contacts the patient within 30 minutes after ordering, and the conversation lasts from 10 minutes to 30 minutes. The number of consultations for one client is not limited. The service is available from 8:00 to 21:00 wherever there is internet coverage. Qualified doctors are involved in providing the service to help understand the problem and recommend an algorithm for action but do not prescribe treatment or medication. DOC.ua is advised to describe the problem in detail when creating a consultation request, to indicate whether the purpose or results of the analysis. This will increase the effectiveness of communication with your doctor.
“We planned to introduce this service later, but the situation is that right now it will be most useful for people,” said Sergiy Kazantsev, founder of DOC.ua. – Patients and doctors have the opportunity to communicate remotely – limited direct contact, which certainly protects in quarantine conditions during a pandemic coronavirus. At the same time, keep in mind that qualified health care professionals work with us – the best advice you can find is in them, not in the comments on online forums. You do not need to go to the hospital once again, queuing up to the front desk and the doctor. People’s lives are getting safer.”
We would remind that earlier DOC.ua reported that it directs all its profits to support medical institutions of Ukraine during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first phase, the company acquires certified medical equipment for the Cherkasy and Zhytomyr hospitals: oxygen concentrators, cardio monitors, protective shields and artificial ventilation apparatus.
DOC.ua supports the medical institutions of Ukraine during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. That is why the company directs all profits from its activities to preserve the health of Ukrainians.
At the first stage, DOC.ua purchases certified medical equipment for the hospitals of Cherkasy and Zhytomyr: oxygen concentrators, cardio monitors, protective shields and artificial ventilation apparatus.
“Our task is to do everything possible to save people. Therefore, we direct all our profits to purchase equipment that will help fight the coronavirus. Our digital service currently is especially important for maintaining the health of Ukrainians, as it helps to avoid unnecessary risks of queuing and large crowds in hospitals and laboratories during quarantine,” said Serhiy Kazantsev, founder of the online platform.
The investors of the group of companies “Effective Investments”, which includes DOC.ua, supported the initiative.
“We have a clear position – the pandemic is not about profits but the life and health of people during a pandemic,” said Igor Liski, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Effective Investments Group of Companies. – The company will do everything it can to help fight COVID-19. It is a vital necessity and our priority in these difficult times.”
Information:
DOC.ua is an online platform for finding doctors, clinics and medical laboratories. It processes over 700,000 requests per month. Clients can use the services of more than 10 thousand medical specialists and 1,700 medical institutions in Ukraine.
EFI GROUP (Effective Investments Group) was established in 2007 and operates in the paper and gas, energy, agriculture, creative industries, IT and healthcare sectors.
Today, Igor Lisky told Agri Wisdom Summit participants about the idea of creating and building a high-tech honey production plant in Ukraine Beehive. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Efficient Investments group of companies spoke at the summit to share the experience of implementing greenfield projects.
“It is important for Ukrainians to learn and to share positive stories and help each other with their experiences and tips. We must outgrow the desire to underestimate our countrymen. The right strategy for the country’s development is based on the unity of business and the desire of entrepreneurs and investors to make the country a better place together,” said Igor Liski.
Among other things, they discussed the basic principles that underpin construction and the principles of implementing the Beehive Standard.