CARPET MAKING DEVELOPS IN HRAZDAN
Noyan Tapan
May 18 2006
HRAZDAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. Carpet making has become a developing
branch in Hrazdan, previously an industrial center. The local
subsidiary of the Armenian-US joint venture Armen-Carpet OJSC has
been operating since 2002 and currently employs about 70 people. The
subsidiary director Arayik Melkonian told NT correspondent that the
company is prepared to give jobs to everybody who has an intention to
work there. According to him, the problem consists in high requirements
to carpet-makers’ skills and production. The Armenian President Robert
Kocharian expressed a high opinion and made a purchase during a visit
to the company’s show-room last year: he chose a “Karabakh” carpet made
at Hrazdan subsidiary for Presidential Palace. A. Melkonian said that
the company is trying to deal with personnel-related problems on its
own. For this purpose, courses for young women aged 18-25 are run at
the Hrazdan subsidiary with the assistance of the Terrritorial Center
of Labor and Employment and Hrazdan Mayor’s Office. Armen-Carpet
founded by Megerian Holding in 1917 is a company operating in more
than 10 countries. It has 20 subsidiaries in various marzes of Armenia
and in Artsakh.