30 April 2014 Back to news list
Mr. Vitali Kopytov's interview in the Turkish Miller Magazine
The Turkish media "Miller Magazine", which covers the main topics of world milling industry, published an interview with the general director of “Altai Flour Mills” Co., Ltd. Mr. Vitali Kopytov. In his answers Vitali told about the directions of “Altai Flour Mills” Co. development, plans and perspectives, he also commented on the state of grain industry of Russia.
Below you can see several excerptions from this interview named “Russia can be the world’s guarantor of food security”.
“Altai is one of the largest grain regions of Russia with the biggest arable area and enormous food resources. The wheat grown here is the best wheat in Russia. It is known as an improver for milling blends of wheat grown in other regions of Russia. That’s why, grain crops occupy about 4 million hectares of lands which is more than in any other region of Russia, and total area of Altai cropland equals to 7 million hectares”.
“The founders were major grain processing enterprises of the Altai region: Incorporation of grain processing enterprises “Grana”, Closed corporation “Aleyskzernoprodukt”, Agro-industrial company “Melnik”, Public corporation “Kluchevskoy elevator”. These enterprises have great production potential and totally produce more than 13% of the Russian flour and 22% of the Russian groats. Today, our company draws other Russian manufacturers for execution of export contracts. This allows executing major contracts in short time thanks to simultaneous shipment of large consignments from several mills”.
“Altai has a powerful milling industry, which has been actively developed in view of the European and world milling trends in product range, quality and safety. Flour milling technologies are built on modern technologies of suppliers of the main processing equipment taking into account local peculiarities. Many enterprises have been implementing or have already implemented ISO international standards for safety and quality of products”.
“Altai Flour Mills Co has a narrow specialization and is engaged exclusively in export sales. The main markets are the countries of the Central and South-Eastern Asia – Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, China, North Korea, Indonesia and others. Deliveries are carried out under commercial contracts, as well as through the UN World Food Program and EMERCOM Agency in the framework of the implementation of humanitarian operations”.
A full text of the interview in English can be found on the official website of the journal http://en.millermagazine.com/vitali-kopytov-russia-can-be-the-worlds-guarantor-of-food-security/