At the Rivne Flax Mill, they always know how to make the right choice. In September this year, the plant’s owner, Oleh Chervoniuk, visited a car show in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It featured plenty of the latest car models, quality vehicles from world brands, including premium-class ones. Soon a photo appeared on social media of Oleh Chervoniuk behind the wheel of a luxurious Bentley, with a comment underneath that there’s no harm in dreaming, and dreams do come true sometimes, if you work hard.
Not much time passed – and the dream really did come true. Recently, a new machine appeared at the Rivne Flax Mill – a Manitou telescopic loader. The loader was bought from Astra Agricultural Construction Alliance, which has been the official distributor of the French Manitou brand in Ukraine for ten years now.
This machine’s main purpose is loading the fuel hopper of a solid-fuel boiler house, which will soon be launched at the Rivne Flax Mill. As we can see, the entrepreneur stays true to his principles: even when thinking about expensive purchases, you should always make a balanced, objective choice. And above all, think about production’s needs and future.
“In Germany I saw a lot of genuinely interesting automotive machinery, fine, powerful and refined cars that every car enthusiast dreams of. And over time, perhaps, you could allow yourself to buy something like that. But there’s no such need today, since our top priority is the development and prosperity of the Rivne Flax Mill, and there’s still a lot we need to buy specifically for the enterprise,” says the entrepreneur.
Indeed, this powerful operation isn’t standing still: premises are constantly being renovated, new sewing and knitting workshops are being built, innovative technology is being introduced, and high-performance equipment is being purchased. Installation of an Austrian solid-fuel boiler house, which will run on woodworking waste, providing both heating and production needs for the plant, is nearing completion.
The recently purchased Manitou telescopic loader was specifically designed to perform several functions at once. In production, it will in many cases replace a crane, a front loader, a reloader, a lift platform or a planer – that is, equipment designed above all for intensive use, for utility and engineering work. But first and foremost, the new equipment will technologically improve the new solid-fuel boiler house’s operation, in particular its loading and unloading processes.
According to Oleh Chervoniuk, the boiler house at the Rivne Flax Mill is unique for Ukraine, since there is no such technology here yet. It will make it possible to give up Russian gas entirely, and will provide heating and production needs for the whole enterprise.
“In a week we’ll start test runs to launch the boiler house. This is so far the first such solid-fuel boiler house in Ukraine, but I’m sure it won’t be the last. After all, Rivne region has plenty of resources for creating this kind of technology. And we need to do everything we can to minimise production costs and, finally, stop supporting the Russian economy with its gas, and instead build up our own state. I believe we’re moving in the right direction, proving by our own example that smart investments in domestic production always pay off.”
