Food industry The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Food industry 'vitaminka' Prilep The food industry 'vitaminka' joint - strock company from prilep, the republic of macedonia, was established in 1956, its sole activity being the production of ground red pepper. This type of production, as the only assortment, was its occupation until 1974, when, due to high insolvency, enormous losses and extremely large stocks, a culmination of negative opertional results was reached. For that reason, the executive who managed the firm until that time was dismissed and a new one appointed, which marked the beginning of an intensive development of the factory. In 1975, the assortment of products was extended to include packaging of all types of small - size packagings ranging from 5 to 1oo gr. In 1978, the first new large plant for production of snacks was built, which made it possible for the factory to the entire former yugoslav market. It provided conditions for further extensive development of the firm, which resulted in building, within a short period, of the following facilities: Coffee roasting and grinding plant, a plant for production of the known food additive 'dafinka', a plant for pasteurized vegetable products, a plant for hard candies, a plant for production of mayonnaise ( known under the name 'vitanez'), a plant for soup concentrates ( known in the market under the powder the name 'macedonian soups'), a plant for production of instant vitaminized powder juices ('cevitana') and syrups ('safari') a plant for production of puddings, whipped cream and whipped cream dessert, prepared in powder form, a plant for production of instant cocoa drink and tea in filter teabags, a plant for milk chocolate and nougat cream dessert ( known on the market as 'vitakrem') and a plant for production of chocolate ( under the trade name 'atlantis' ) and chocolate - covered products ( hazelnuts, raisins, peanuts, chickpeas, snacks). Today 'vitaminka' is a modern type factory, where international standards of quality control are applied. This is confirmed by the acquired standard of quality iso-9001:2000 granted by the british standardization institute from London. This made it possible for 'vitaminka' to gain an uninterrupted access to the markets of all countries in Europe, austalia and the USA. The products of 'vitaminka' are today exported to 27 countries around the world. The privatization of 'vitaminka' strated in 1989 and it is now a fully privatized joint - stock company with wholly owned private share capital. Realization of one of its largest investments has been finished recently. New fully automated plant for production of various types of chocolates strated its production in january 2002. The value of this investment amounts to 9 milion german marks. A part of the investment is financed by the world bank The adopted medium - term development plan 2001 - 2005 has paved the way towards further development of 'vitaminka'.