Danone, a large dairy producer in Ukraine, has launched cottage cheese pasta and yogurt production under the Tioma brand at Kremez Plant (Kremenchuk, Poltava region).

"Today we have plans to produce over 70,000 tonnes this year," Kremez Director General Ruslan Vdovenko said at a press conference on Friday.

The annual production capacity of the dairy plant in Kremenchuk after its modernization is 110,000 tonnes.

Investment in the new production line reached UAH 200 million. The plant will produce five types of cottage cheese pasta for children, four types of yogurts and kefir (being checked now).

Vdovenko said that production under the Tioma brand will be 3,000-4,000 tonnes by the end of 2016, which is 5% of Danone's total production.

The production process is automated and 30-40 persons and around 20 packers service it 24 hours a day.

Thanks to the modernization in Kremenchuk, 55% of Danone's products sold in Ukraine are made at this plant. Earlier Tioma products were imported from Russia to Ukraine.

The Danonе group is a world's leader in production of dairy products. It has been operating in Ukraine since 1998.