REFRIGERATION AND FREEZING CAPACITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE FODDER AND FOOD HAKUS PROGRAM
REFRIGERATION AND FREEZING CAPACITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE FODDER AND FOOD HAKUS PROGRAM
During the preparation of the feed and food business program, a survey of the availability of refrigeration and freezing capacities in the Czech Republic was carried out and it was found that there is a relatively large shortage. Due to the fact that most frozen and chilled products come from the Balkans or even from outside the EU, direct deliveries to processors cannot be ensured. It is necessary to first store deliveries in another storage capacity and only then from there at a short distance of up to 300 km to ensure regular deliveries of products to processors in a precise schedule limited to receipt by time windows in the range of only a few hours. This is a basic condition that the supplier must meet if he wants to supply products and raw materials to the processor’s system at all. At the same time, the supplier must guarantee the processor that he will not leave his production capacity without raw material and thus will not disrupt his production program. This cannot be ensured for deliveries from abroad without proper intermediate storage. Therefore, a study was prepared for the construction of freezing and refrigeration capacities in the already existing Dobroměřice complex. The study proved that construction is possible and set barriers in terms of future capacity efficiency. These conditions are currently being agreed by the local authorities and are expected to be confirmed by the end of the year. At the same time, a business plan will be drawn up and a financing system decided by the end of the year. The business plan will be based on the intention in the initial stage to lease the entire capacity to third parties and gradually fill part of the capacity with its own supplies of raw materials and products, which will be the subject of further business led by HAKUS a.s. Therefore, a business project for the construction and operation of refrigeration and freezing capacities in Dobroměřice was created and included in the portfolio of HOLDING STUNA activities.
