Vilniaus Duona's
modernized and extended Panevezys bakery started its'
operations in Lithuania on June 11, 2008. It is one of the most efficient bakeries in the Baltics, utilizing
now the most modern baking technology from dough making to packaging. Vilniaus Duona is part of the
Vaasan & Vaasan Group, a leading producer of fresh bread, bake-off, crispbread and other bakery products in Finland and the
Baltic region.
“The development of
Vilniaus Duona's production structure is proceeding according to plans. Now we
have even better prerequisites than before to succeed in the Lithuanian and the
Baltic markets also in the future", says Mr. Kalle Tanhuanpää, the CEO and Managing Director
of the Vaasan & Vaasan Group.
Vilniaus
Duona of the Vaasan & Vaasan Group is a clear market leader in Lithuania
and it has bakeries in Vilnius and Panevezys. Presently the company is building
a new factory in Vilnius, to be opened in the autumn of 2008. In the year 2007 Vilniaus Duona's net sales were
27,6 MEUR (95.3 MLTL) and it employed some 650 persons.
The overall investments to Panevezys counts to nearly 10 MEUR (33 MLTL). The
bakery has now e.g. up-to-the minute state-of-the-art automation systems,
modern production technology and new production lines based on the know-how of
the Finnish Vaasan & Vaasan Group. The extension part of the bakery
includes a new distribution unit.
Due to modernization
and extension the productivity and production volumes of the Panevezys bakery have increased significantly. It produces both traditional rye and wheat products but also
innovative novelties to meet the consumers needs. New, modern production lines guarantee the taste and
the freshness of the products.
Further information:
The Vaasan & Vaasan
Group:
Kalle Tanhuanpää, Chief Executive Officer,
Tel. +358 204 46 2003, e-mail: kalle.tanhuanpaa@vaasan.com
The Vaasan & Vaasan Group:
The Vaasan & Vaasan Group is the leading bakery business in Finland
and the Baltic region, and the second-largest Nordic operator in bake-off
products. Vaasan & Vaasan is also the second-largest crisp bread producer
in the world. The Group consists of Vaasan & Vaasan Oy in Finland, A/S Leibur in Estonia, A/S Hanzas Maiznicas
in Latvia, UAB Vilniaus Duona in Lithuania, Nordic Bake Off AB in Sweden, and Culinor AS in Norway. Each Baltic
subsidiary is the market leader in its own country, while Nordic Bake Off AB is the second-largest producer
of bake-off products in Sweden. In 2007 the Group had a turnover of
approximately EUR 363 million and it employed some 3,300 people. www.vaasan.com
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