Melitopol - Industry

Industry

There is a well-developed, internationally important engine-constructing industry. Thanks to the rich historical heritage, economic and geographical situation and enterprising citizens the city has developed mechanical engineering, light and food industry. The city’s dynamic development is driven by engineering industries, that have received new impulse with the establishment of more than 100 new small and medium engineering business enterprises, united in the cluster "AgroBOOM”. The dynamics of the machinery transformation from a "Soviet" model to a "European" one surprises many visitors of our city. The principles of cooperation and production outsourcing are working actively. Machine engineering complex of the city is represented by 8 large plants and more than 100 small and medium-sized enterprises formed after 1991. Mechanical engineers of the city mainly produce goods for the agricultural sector: wide range of spare parts, components and assemblies for mobile equipment of local and foreign producers. Production capacity and availability of experienced, qualified staff allows entrepreneurs to design and produce parts of any complexity, including large ones. All the processes necessary to create parts can be made in the city: starting with metallurgical operations (casting) and ending with assembly and testing. There are many unique enterprises that stand out for their products and customers: • The plant "BIOL" - makes the dishes comparable to international brands, • The plant “TALCO” - collaborates with General Motors, Camozzi and Festo; • The plant “AUTOPRIVOD" is the third company in the world that has mastered the knot for YaMZ engine; • The only plant in the Ukraine that produces engines for cars “AvtoZAZ-MOTOR”; • The plant “AVTOTSVETLIT” is the only plant in Ukraine, that produces 5 types of complex castings (steel, including stainless steel, cast iron (grey and ductile iron), magnesium, aluminum); produces shock absorbers for VAZ, • The company "ROSTA" – performs the commercialization of research and innovation in the field of agricultural machinery and irrigation systems (connection of science and business), • The plant "MzTK" is a unique enterprise that produces turbines for mobile equipment, • The plant “TERMOLIT” - induction furnaces for foundry operations and other products of metal processing. The mechanic engineering of the city is valuable because it does not offer materials, but products with added value obtained after the processing of raw materials (metal). The following companies can be called the basis of light industry in the city: • Melitopol Sewing Production Enterprise that exports its goods. The factory has "dressed" the AIR France and French railway «Polaris» employees, Dutch police and firefighters, Italian tax Police, it delivers its production to a world-famous network of boutiques «Grosso-Moda» in Netherlands, • Melitopol Knitting Factory "Nadezhda" is the manufacturer of knitwear products that meet the highest requirements. The company uses cloth of both local and foreign manufacturers in its production process. Cloths are made from the cotton yarn and the combination of cotton yarn and synthetic fibers, • Furniture production is well developed: more than 20 small and medium enterprises are working in this field, distributing its products throughout Ukraine. Thanks to the proximity of agricultural areas and raw materials of Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, Kherson, and Dnipropetrovsk regions the food industry is well presented in the city. The main enterprises of food industry are: • Melitopol Meat Processing Plant is well known in the whole country because of the high quality of its products (sausages), • Melitopol Milk Plant and Oil Extraction Plant are enterprises that belong to a major food-holding "Olkom", • Melitopol Grain Elevator. Small and medium businesses of the city are proud of their high quality production: bakery and confectionery, convenience foods (dumplings, pancakes).