Магазин деловой книги "ВЛАСНА СПРАВА" рекомендует

Ivano-Frankovsk region Overview

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast is an oblast of Ukraine. Its capital is Ivano-Frankivsk.

In the past the area was known as Stanisławów Voivodship.

The area of the region is 14,000 km², its population (as of 2004-05-01) is 1.4 million.

Some of the main cities of the oblast are Bolekhiv, Burshtyn, Dolyna, Halych, Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kalush, Kolomyia, Kosiv, Nadvirna, Rohatyn, Sniatyn, Tlumach, and Tysmenytsia.

The Carpathian Mountains rise in the southern and western parts of the oblast.

The Dniester River flows through Ivano-Frankivsk.

Ivano-Frankivsk

Ivano-Frankivsk is a city in Ukraine. It is a capital of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in the west of the country. Population 204.200 (2004).

History

The city was erected as a fortress to protect the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from Tatar invasions. The city was firstly mentioned in 1662 in connection with it being granted the Magdeburg rights. Later, the fortress has also successfully withstood attacks by Turkish and Russian forces. Extensively rebuilt during the Renaissance, it was sometimes called Little Leopolis. The city was also an important center of Armenian culture in Poland.

After the Partitions of Poland it became a part of Austrian Empire and successively of the autonomous Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. In 1919 it was a subject of Polish–Ukrainian skirmishes and eventually became a part of the Second Polish Republic as the capital of the Stanisławów Voivodship. In 1939 invasion of Poland by German and Soviet forces the territory was captured by the Soviets and attached to the Ukrainian SSR.

In 1962 the name changed to honor the famous Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko. In the early 1990s the city was a strong center of the Ukrainian independence movement.

back	top

For investors: new entry

Novokahovskyi Lime-Sand Brick Plant Purposes of company: Investments Company description: Market Overview:  Construction volume is increasing 20-25% annually, creating an increased demand for high quality façade bricks. The industrial capacity of façade bricks is estimated at 200 million bricks per year. In 2006, a construction boom is expected in southern Ukraine, where the plant is located. The product is used mainly by construction companies and private companies. Project Overview: Using KSE-400 (Germany) Equipment supplier offers trainings for the buyer’s staff Can produce 30 million bricks per year including high quality hollow façade bricks, ordinary bricks, molded bricks, white and colored bricks Competitive Advantages: Production of lime-sand bricks is considerably more energy efficient than the production of ceramic bricks. Moreover, the project envisions the reconstruction of one of the two pit-type 50-ton lime-burning kilns; using coal, automatic blending, loading, and burning will save on gas Plant produces its own lime; a sand-pit is located close to the plant No high quality lime-sand hollow bricks are produced in southern Ukraine Due to the considerable decrease in the weight of the bricks, delivery and transportation becomes much easier; bricks can be transported by auto, railway (via the plant’s rail track), or by water (a river port is 8 km away) Investment Project Progress:  Market research has been conducted Key Financials: Total Investment - € 1.5 mln Investment Needed - € 1.5 mln Payoff period - 5 years Branch: Construction materials see more Purposes of company: Investments Company description:    Branch: Construction materials see more

For Buyers: new entry

Purposes of company: Export Company description:   Branch: Construction materials see more «Венбест» Purposes of company: Distribution Branch: Furniture see more