ASHTARAK KAT TO INCREASE MILK PURCHASES BY 25% THIS YEAR
YEREVAN, APRIL 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The company Ashtarak Kat plans to
purchase 20-25% more milk this year. According to the company chairman
Ashot Apoyan, another 3 milk purchase facilities will be added to the
current 3 ones in Gegharkunik marz, and a milk purchase facility will
be opened in Alaverdi. The company is buying milk from about 1.5
thousand farms of the communities located in the highland zones.
According to A. Apoyan, the company is going to increase the range of
its production. In addition to ice-cream, sour cream, cottage cheese,
cheese and other dairy products, it will also produce processed cheese
with mushroom, pepper and ham. Ashot Apoyan added that the company
intends to export its production. For this purpose, Ashtarak Kat will
participate in the exhibition “Armenia Today. Expo 2005” to be held in
Tbilisi on April 21-23.