Large Russian trout producer sold controlling stake to Danish group
The Russian Funds investment group has announced the purchase of a controlling interest in one of Russia's largest trout producers - the Kivach Company, reports http://www.fishnet-russia.com//https://www.fishnet.ru/ with reference to Press-Service of Russian Funds Investment Group.
The stake, worth $4-5 million, was acquired on behalf of an unidentified group of private investors. Industry sources suggest that the buyer was a Danish consortium, Amber Trust S.C.A. Kivach is one of Russia's largest trout producers. According to data from SPARK-Interfax, Kivach is 100% owned by A.S. Aquaresource Ltd. (Cyprus), with the ultimate beneficiary being Avtandil Chaduneli. Annual production volumes total 2,000 tonnes.
The company includes an incubation complex capable of breeding 4-5 million fish per year, and a fish processing plant with an annual capacity of 4,000 tonnes of finished products. Kivach's turnover in 2007 amounted to $5 million.
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