ArmInfo. ARMENAL Foil-Rolling Plant, part of the world's biggest producers of aluminum UC RUSAL, manufactured 29,653 tons of products, which is by 1.4% more than in 2014. Export to the EU countries increased 4.5-fold to 16.4 thousand tons, the Plant's press-office told ArmInfo.
According to the source, gaining new markets, the company had to increase the production of labor- consuming thin foil by 2.7-fold to almost 1.9 thousand tons and reduction of the average thickness by 15%. Complaints by consumers decreased by 35%, defects - by 25%.
In 2015, modernization and technical re-equipment projects were successfully implemented at the enterprise. RUSAL launched Hi-Tech AirPure Unit at ARMENAL. Under RUSAL business system, efficiency of the primary aluminum smelter was improved by 6.1%. The plant's specialists modernized the slitting unit for manufacture of new types of products.
The growth of the production scales positively affected the welfare of the employees. At present, ARMENAL's staff comprises 700 people at the average salary of nearly 375,000 drams (up 2.2% versus 2014). This is at least twice as much as the average salary in Armenia.
ARMENAL foil rolling mill was founded in May 2000 as part of the Kanaker aluminium smelter. It is one of the biggest production facilities in Armenia and is the only producer of aluminium foil in the Caucasus and Central Asian regions. Together with two other foil mills, Sayanal in the Russian republic of Khakasia and Urals Foil, ARMENAL forms the company's Packaging Division.
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